Boogie Woogie (2009/I)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Duncan Ward

Writers:

Danny Moynihan (novel)
Danny Moynihan (screenplay)

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Alfie Allen	...	Photographer
Gillian Anderson	...	Jean Maclestone
Gemma Atkinson	...	Charlotte Bailey
Sidney Cole	...	Cabbie
Michael Culkin	...	Beth's Father
Alan Cumming	...	Dewey
Josephine de la Baume	...	Frenchie
Rosie Fellner	...	Rachel Leighton
Heather Graham	...	Beth Freemantle
Stephen Greif	...	Bobs Lawyer
Danny Huston	...	Art Spindle
Jack Huston	...	Joe
Gaetano Jouen	...	Himself
Christopher Lee	...	Alfred Rhinegold
Joanna Lumley	...	Alfreda Rhinegold
Simon McBurney	...	Robert Freign
Meredith Ostrom	...	Joany
Charlotte Rampling	...	Emille
Jenny Runacre	...	Mrs. Havermeyer
Amanda Seyfried	...	Paige Prideaux
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Bob Maccelstone
Jan Uddin	...	Art's Partner
Jaime Winstone	...	Elaine

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Autonomous

Just Great Fun!!

How can you dislike this piece of cinema, I have recently become quite depressed with British Cinema, I have sat through hours and hours of mediocre films portraying how rubbish life in England is. ( that have some how received critical acclaim, Because some middle aged gout ridden man, who lives at home with his mother and twelve cats decides life really is rubbish and we should only watch films that say just that.) Furthermore if I have to watch another film set on a council estate or any other "Grey lens" rubbish I am ether going to kill myself or move.

But too my surprise when I went to see "Boogie Woogie" it was as though the clouds had parted and I was met with a burst of colour, a witty script and for once a story and theme that inspires me. Enabling me to leave the cinema with a smile and a springing my step, wanting to live in the art world.

To be brief This Film has some features that make it a great film.

* A great cast with some great standout performances, but in all a great ensemble performance.

* Beautifully lit and shot - The DP John Mathieson who did "Gladiator"

* A story that mixes Art, Sex and Money

* Some incredibly sad moment then instantly followed with some brilliant jokes and one liners.

* so all in all a Fun and fast paced up tempo film.

That makes going to see British cinema at long last a joy again.