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Title: The Vicious Kind (2009)
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| Cast overview: | |||
| Adam Scott | ... | Caleb Sinclaire | |
| Brittany Snow | ... | Emma Gainsborough | |
| Alex Frost | ... | Peter Sinclaire | |
| J.K. Simmons | ... | Donald Sinclaire | |
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Vittorio Brahm | ... | J.T. |
| Bill Buell | ... | Rocky | |
| Alysia Reiner | ... | Samantha | |
| Kate Krieger | ... | Molly | |
| Jordan Reid | ... | Hannah (as Jordan Reid Berkow) | |
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Anne Gill | ... | Waitress |
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Emily Jo | ... | Girl in Bar (as Emily Oehler) |
| Jim Ford | ... | Frat Boy #1 | |
| Kevin Rogers | ... | Frat Guy #2 | |
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Rebecca Nickeas | ... | Bartender (as Rebecca Bond Nickeas) |
The relationship between two brothers, a father trying to connect with his sons and the young woman who gets between the three of them. The story begins when Caleb Sinclaire reluctantly picks up his brother Peter at college and brings him and his new girlfriend Emma home for the Thanksgiving holiday. Caleb, who recently broke up with his long-time girlfriend and is wary of relationships, warns Peter that Emma will end up hurting him, but he can't stop himself from being drawn to her. As Caleb's infatuation with Emma grows, he must decide whether to act on his feelings or protect his brother's first love. Written by Anonymous
During a star-free night at an already emptied drive-in theatre, this film made my heart burn. This very last screening of a winter's night did not attract an audience but one sole viewer. And if you have an understanding of passion and pain you might not even be comforted by a crowd. You might prefer solitude while watching cinematic characters fight and love.
There are no exceptional techniques, there is no dazzling style. Visually the film holds back. As a result one character can step forward. Only this person seems to inhabit the film's universe and this could be considered a drop of bitterness.
However, this one person is able to entertain without the necessity of applause. He embodies the passionate being who bites back after being wounded. It is easy to fall for the broken one as long as you believe that there is a chance to heal. He is explosive. His hatred is an exceptional passion in disguise. In a universe of flat personalities he stands out. He cares too much, he loves too much and he cannot stop being passionate about every single soul. As a result, his viciousness is not inspiring hate but love from us and from them. We and everyone else are attracted because he is so full of what everyone else seems to lack.
The film presents us a world where people are not grown-up emotionally. Passions are rare and feared. In this universe people do not easily possess passionate love. Only the protagonist seems to own it but he also seems unable to handle it. Still, he is able to inspire another person, maybe even the audience to love him back. We learn that pain and love do not end, but jump like a virus from person to person. Love stories repeat themselves.
Passion is portrayed as a very dangerous form of love, one which easily feeds into a vicious cycle of being hurt and of hurting in return. But whether or not you can handle the pain and the guilt, for the passionate ones it seems inevitable to fall for it at least once in their lives.