Visually, the film is fascinating, particularly for Hogg's use of the many sightlines, sliding doors, stairways and wells of James Melvin's labyrinthine house (the film is dedicated to him at the end). Many films unfold a domestic space as central character in the story (from Hitchcock's Psycho to Schlesinger's Pacific Heights), but most of those are horror in some form; the only horror here is the vividly depicted doldrums of growing old among the relentlessly hip and urbane.
Jaimey Fisher
septiembre 26, 2013