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Bradley Cole | ... | Andy King | |
Brittany Ashworth | ... | Judith King | |
Angela Forrest | ... | Sheila King | |
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Oliver Lee | ... | Joe King |
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Jason Allen | ... | Wayne |
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Charles Davies | ... | Ray |
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Emily Button | ... | Claire |
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Belinda Lazenby | ... | Mo |
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David Walker | ... | Mike |
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Terry Mann | ... | Stu |
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Dennis Turner | ... | Mr. Miller |
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John Douglas | ... | John |
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Helen Fell | ... | Sales Assistant |
Exhibit A tells the timely story of a normal family disintegrating under financial pressure, eventually driven to the unimaginable. All is not as it seems as the King family go about their day-to-day lives oblivious of the horror to come. Dad Andy (Bradley Cole) is nursing a secret that ultimately leads to terrible consequences for them all. We witness these chilling events unfold through daughter Judith's video camera, which subsequently becomes Exhibit A. Written by Richard J. Wood
The acting in this is terrific all the way around. Since most all FF films are acted out based on an outline and dialogue points to it, you see a LOT of cuts since the actors mess up their "lines." Not here. Other than the natural cuts from scene to scene, there is very little in-scene cutting, meaning the actors delivered and met their marks.
My only problems with the film are that I never really got a sense why the father fell so far from sanity. Many people have gone through financial struggles without losing their minds, and I never got the sense the father was on edge, mentally, to do what he does at the end.
And the ending simply went on too long. It was the one time when the film lagged when usually the end is when these FF films pick up and race toward the climax.
Overall, a really well done job all the way around.