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Tyrannosaur

United Kingdom

2011

91 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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EXEC Mark Herbert, Suzanne Alizart, Katherine Butler, Peter Carlton, Will Clarke, Hugo Heppell

CAST Peter Mullan, Eddie Marsan, Olivia Colman, Paul Popplewell, Sian Breckin, Sally Carman, Mike Fearnley, Ned Dennehy

MUSIC Dan Baker, Chris Baldwin

Sundance (World Cinema Dramatic Competition): Directing Award, Special Jury Prize, Rotterdam (Bright Future), Karlovy Vary (Horizons), Melbourne (International Panorama), Toronto (Special Presentations), San Sebastián (Zabaltegi-Pearls), Helsinki (Spotlight), Vancouver (Cinema of Our Time), Chicago (Competition): Best Actress, Stockholm (Competition): Best First Feature, Mar del Plata (International Competition), Transilvania (Competition): FIPRESCI Prize

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Renowned actor Paddy Considine’s first feature behind the camera is a tour de force propelled by the sheer intensity of its performances and storytelling.

Joseph, a tormented, self-destructive man plagued by violence, finds hope of redemption in Hannah, a Christian charity-shop worker he meets one day while fleeing an altercation. Initially derisive of her faith and presumed idyllic existence, Joseph nonetheless returns to the shop and soon realizes that Hannah’s life is anything but placid. As a relationship develops, they come to understand the deep pain in each other’s lives.

An unconventional love story, Tyrannosaur transcends its bleak circumstances through Joseph and Hannah’s vigorous impulse toward redemption. Shouldering the weight of burdened lives with great humanity and a deep understanding of our capacity to heal, Mullan and Colman deliver two of the most outstanding performances of the year. Considine’s portrait of these two lost souls, bloody but unbowed, is a devastating and profoundly beautiful experience. —Sundance Film Festival

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Paddy Considine

Patrick “Paddy” George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and frequent collaborator with Shane Meadows.

To international audiences, he may be more familiar for his roles in In America, The Bourne Ultimatum, 24 Hour Party People and Hot Fuzz. To British audiences may be more familiar for his roles in Dead Man’s Shoes, A Room for Romeo Brass and Red Riding: 1980.

His directorial debut, the short film Dog Altogether, won a number of awards including the 2008 BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. —wikipedia

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runfromfire

30Apr13

Dark, relentlessly dark, but absolutely beautiful. Well-acted (Mullan, Colman & Marsan were all fantastic), well-shot, well-paced. The colors were oddly vibrant for something so bleak but it worked.

DK

11Mar13

Great performances, and some nice tonal shifts between hyper-intensity and tenderness, but a sometimes under-developed script, especially in the narration and the penultimate scenes involving Mullan and the pitbull. My Name is Joe trumps it.

Ambrose Ray

13Jan13

A highly emotional film with powerful leading performances. Disturbing to watch, but well crafted, demanding your attention.

Yoshiro,M

5Jan13

Peter Mullan, excellent performance!

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BAFTA Nominees and Winners 2012

By David Hudson on January 17, 2012

The Artist leads. Conspicuous in their total absence: Melancholia and The Tree of Life.

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Paddy Considine's "Tyrannosaur"

By David Hudson on November 18, 2011

“A new extreme in Limey nihilism.”

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Movie Poster of the Week: "Tyrannosaur"

By Adrian Curry on July 8, 2011

This superb new UK poster for Paddy Considine’s Sundance award-winning Tyrannosaur is by screenprint artist and gig poster designer Dan

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ND/NF 2011. "Attenberg," "Tyrannosaur" and "Copacabana"

By David Hudson on March 30, 2011

"Written and directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari, Attenberg pivots on a 23-year-old late bloomer and only child, Marina (Ariane Labed), who

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unforgettable

By MR. Universe on April 19, 2013

The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph’s life spirals into turmoil, a chance at redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian… read review

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The opening of Tyrannosaur sets the tone. An age hardened, rage infuriated man kicks his dog. He immediately stops after his dog has fallen. The animal is looking at him with… read review

Watch out, Mike Leigh

By Blue K, Custodian of the Cinema on January 15, 2012

The story is as familiar as they come, and the film at times comes across as something of a second-rate Mike Leigh work. It also felt a lot like Takeshi Kitano washed-up Yakuza films. But strangely… read review

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Tyrannosaur

United Kingdom

2011

DIR Paddy Considine

EXEC Mark Herbert, Suzanne Alizart, Katherine Butler, Peter Carlton, Will Clarke, Hugo Heppell

PROD Diarmid Scrimshaw

SCR Paddy Considine

DP Erik Wilson

CAST Peter Mullan, Eddie Marsan, Olivia Colman, Paul Popplewell, Sian Breckin, Sally Carman, Mike Fearnley, Ned Dennehy

ED Pia Di Ciaula

PROD DES Simon Rogers

MUSIC Dan Baker, Chris Baldwin

SOUND Chris Sheedy

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