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Better Things (2008) -- As day dawns in the Cotswolds, a funeral is taking place that will have bitter repercussions in the community. Close by Rachel and Larry are reeling from a first love gone wrong. Meanwhile Mr Gladwin refuses to speak to Mrs Gladwin over past events.
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5.8/10   235 votes
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Director:
Duane Hopkins
Writer:
Duane Hopkins (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
21 January 2009 (France) more
Genre:
Drama
Plot:
A group of young people grow up together in a small, rural community in the Cotswolds. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(13 articles)
Trailer Premiere: "Better Things"
 (From IFC. 22 September 2009, 8:41 AM, PDT)
Review of hypnotic identity drama Helen
 (From QuietEarth. 21 August 2009, 7:32 AM, PDT)
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2 words... more (7 total)

Cast

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Tara Ballard ... Sarah
Betty Bench ... Mrs. Gladwin
Frank Bench ... Mr. Gladwin
Emma Cooper ... Tess Baker
Che Corr ... David
Freddie Cunliffe ... Jon
Hillary Davies ... Therapist
Jane Foxhall ... Tess' Mum
Byndley Hutt ... Mr. Wilson
Lillian Hutt ... Mrs. Wilson
Patricia Loveland ... Nan Wilson
Liam McIlfatrick ... Rob
Rachel McIntyre ... Gail Wilson
Megan Palmer ... Rachel
Edward Pinner ... Shouting Teacher
Mike Randle ... Joel
Kerry Rowe ... Dealer
Katie Samuels ... Julie
Michael Socha ... Mike
Kurt Taylor ... Larry
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
UK:15 | France:-16
Filming Locations:
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Company:
Third Films more

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4 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
2 words..., 26 January 2009
2/10
Author: beatmcmanus-1 from United Kingdom

...Bruno Dumont. I've read a lot of reviews lauding this supposedly great example of British art-house cinema. Even Sight and Sound made it film of the month. But the facts are simple, everything about it says the filmmaker is in thrall to the work of Bruno Dumont, particularly La Vie de Jesus and L'Humanite. And why not, they are magnificent films.

Unfortunately it only goes to highlight the miserable state of British art-house and British film-making in general that this is held up as a fine example of it when all it does is rip off the style and downbeat content of Dumont's great works. For the unforgiving Northern France landscape of Dumont substitute the Cotswolds and you've got it.

In fact its worth pointing out that the similarities in the prolonged static widescreen shots and the dull grey cinematography, so perfectly mimic L'Humanite especially that one would almost believe the filmmaker had had the audacity to give the colourist a copy of that film and then have him match the shots one by one.

But no filmmaker could be that cynical or unoriginal. Could they? 2 stars for the perfectly copied photography.

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