Had the pleasure of seeing Lift at the Indie Cork Film Festival, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Based around 6 characters stuck in a lift, it mixes dry wit, dark humour, snappy dialogue and an interesting narrative structure and ultimately it's a very original film. It also is very touching at times, with an absolutely excellent performance from Gerard McSorley(and in fact the entire cast give great performances)! The film is quite stylized and at times feels like watching a play, but this doesn't detract from the film in any way. The plot never drags considering much of the film takes part in a lift and it keeps your full attention throughout it's running time(which is also not overly long and stays in tune with the pacing). Great production value too, with especially nice camera-work. It also never lapses into cliché which I felt is one of the best things about the film, which again goes back to the excellent plot/writing. If you get a chance to see this film do your self a favour and watch it, it's a really enjoyable watch and well worth your time if your at all a fan on dark/off kilter comedies or Irish made films in general!
Review of Lift
