Six Figures (2005)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

David Christensen

Writers:

David Christensen (writer)
Fred Leebron (novel)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Warner isn't sure how he got where he is, but he's not particularly happy to be there: mid-thirties...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

JR Bourne	...	Warner
Caroline Cave	...	Claire
Deborah Grover	...	Louise
Frank Adamson	...	Alan
Joyce Gordon	...	Ruth
Brooklynn Proulx	...	Sophie
Marty Antonini	...	Det. Norton
Andrew Krivanek	...	Dr. Lyon
David Trimble	...	Richard
Judith Buchan	...	Millicent
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Baksa	...	Courier Guy
Barbara Kozicki	...	Monique
Chad Nobert	...	Cop
Aziza Sindhu	...	Head Nurse
Jayson Therrien	...	Guard
Laryssa Yanchak	...	Polly Edwards

Runtime:

Canada:108 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:18A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Agitprop Films Inc.

Painful

This film truly and accurately captured how horrifically stultifying, hopeless and drab real life can be. Thirty minutes into it, I was toying with the idea of suicide, but not because I felt the film was "horrible". Outstanding acting, a genuinely accurate portrayal of life at it's most prosaic, though not what I'd call "entertaining". No, it was because of how strikingly the despair of the main character was communicated to me. It was difficult to sit through. I got up to do other things many times and, if there'd been anything else remotely interesting on VOD which I hadn't yet seen, I would've watched something else. But I made it through and it hurt. Not a sharp pain, just the dull, throbbing anguish of a life bereft of excitement or hope.