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Better Things

  • 20082008
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  • 1h 33m
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5.2/10
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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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A group of young people grow up together in a small, rural community in the Cotswolds.A group of young people grow up together in a small, rural community in the Cotswolds.A group of young people grow up together in a small, rural community in the Cotswolds.
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    • Duane Hopkins
    • Duane Hopkins
  • Stars
    • Rachel McIntyre
    • Emma Cooper
    • Liam McIlfatrick
    • Duane Hopkins
    • Duane Hopkins
  • Stars
    • Rachel McIntyre
    • Emma Cooper
    • Liam McIlfatrick
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    • 17Critic reviews
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    Rachel McIntyre
    • Gail Wilson
    Emma Cooper
    • Tess Baker
    Liam McIlfatrick
    • Rob
    Che Corr
    • David
    Freddie Cunliffe
    • Jon
    Jane Foxhall
    • Tess's Mum
    Tara Ballard
    • Sarah
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    • Mrs Gladwin
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    • Mr Gladwin
    Patricia Loveland
    • Nan Wilson
    Byndley Hutt
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    Lillian Hutt
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    Kurt Taylor
    • Larry
    Megan Palmer
    • Rachel
    Katie Samuels
    • Julie
    Michael Socha
    Michael Socha
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    Mike Randle
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    8/10
    Dark: no sugar.
    An utterly dark and depressing movie: which is also probably why I've enjoyed it so much... Its theme easily reminds us of "Requiem For A Dream" or "Trainspotting" (another British masterpiece); its heavy, discomforting atmosphere of deep sadness and unrecoverable loss, as well as its long, silent frames of bleak, grief-stricken faces, marked by unspeakable pain and suffering, are reminiscent of "Another Day"; and its overall "dragged out" or "self indulgent" artistic approach is evocative of "Elephant", or Bela Tarr's "Satantango". This film is nothing less than a raw and torturous foray into the very heart of darkness and despair; its main subject, as set forth in the very first lines of the movie, is nothing else than the excruciating agony of existence, from whose unbearable hollowness or emptiness the characters seek shelter in drugs, lust, or isolation. From this perspective alone, an obvious link can be drawn to Louis Malle's "The Fire Within", a masterpiece of the 1960's French New Wave cinema, or to its modern-day Nordic 'remake', "Oslo, August 31". Then again, it is obviously not a film for everyone, and neither are those mentioned above, to whom this movie is more or less comparable... After all, not everybody enjoys his or her cup of coffee dark, with NO sugar...
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      • January 23, 2009 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
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      • Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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      • Wellington Films
      • Flying Moon Filmproduktion
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