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Till Human Voices Wake Us
By Lee Tistaert Published July 24, 2003
US Release: February 21, 2003
Directed by: Michael Petroni
Starring: Guy Pearce , Helena Bonham Carter
R
Running Time: 101 minutes
Domestic Box Office: $120,000
Directed by: Michael Petroni
Starring: Guy Pearce , Helena Bonham Carter
R
Running Time: 101 minutes
Domestic Box Office: $120,000
C+
A pretty decent movie but never really tries to be anything special or rewarding
For a decent distance, Till Human Voices Wake Us works as a moderately successful compelling film.
But after a while, the effect that the production has created gets a little old, making you wish for something new to be introduced or something unique ? something we?re never quite handed.
The film stars Guy Pearce as Dr. Sam Franks, a psychologist going through emotional difficulty ? his father has just passed, which sends Franks to his own childhood neck of the woods (Victoria, Australian) to bury his father. In doing so, Sam has a collection of flashbacks from growing up with his childhood sweetheart, with an eventual tragedy forever embedded in his mind.
At the same time, Franks (in current time) has a run-in with a mysterious young woman (Ruby ? Helena Bonham Carter) who oddly looks like a grown up version of his childhood girlfriend. Is she actually real or is she a spirit that his mind has created to help him through the difficult ordeal?
To sum up Till Human Voices Wake Us, it?s a pretty decent movie but never really tries to be anything special or rewarding. The premise is simple and somewhat eerie as is, but its pace moves along too slowly considering the few utensils the film applies to stimulate intrigue. The film is a cross between a coming of age tale and a character study, but is never quite certain what it wants to do with either story components.
The innocence of being young is captured, but in terms of making statements that previous efforts haven?t already brought to attention, Human Voices simply scratches the surface of themes and doesn?t paint anything substantial in meaning. Much like The Son?s Room (which dealt with a tragedy within a psychologist?s family), the story attempts to build discussion between the main character?s profession and his personal life (and how they intertwine), but emotional sympathy in this version is not in gear.
The end of the film makes an effort to create a strong impact, but not enough attention was ever invested into various areas of the story to get the audience up close and personal to the emotions at play. As a result, the film is a passable emotional journey through a man?s psyche, but when the end hits we may not be as hopeful or caring as much as the filmmakers are probably depending on.
We leave the experience as if we should be feeling an added spirit surrounding us, but this sensation is never felt; this is not a bad movie, but it never does much with what?s on the table ? that is, the few vague ingredients the film never thoroughly explores.
DVD Features:
- Widescreen
Audio Features:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
- (English) Dolby Surround
- (English) Subtitles
But after a while, the effect that the production has created gets a little old, making you wish for something new to be introduced or something unique ? something we?re never quite handed.
The film stars Guy Pearce as Dr. Sam Franks, a psychologist going through emotional difficulty ? his father has just passed, which sends Franks to his own childhood neck of the woods (Victoria, Australian) to bury his father. In doing so, Sam has a collection of flashbacks from growing up with his childhood sweetheart, with an eventual tragedy forever embedded in his mind.
At the same time, Franks (in current time) has a run-in with a mysterious young woman (Ruby ? Helena Bonham Carter) who oddly looks like a grown up version of his childhood girlfriend. Is she actually real or is she a spirit that his mind has created to help him through the difficult ordeal?
To sum up Till Human Voices Wake Us, it?s a pretty decent movie but never really tries to be anything special or rewarding. The premise is simple and somewhat eerie as is, but its pace moves along too slowly considering the few utensils the film applies to stimulate intrigue. The film is a cross between a coming of age tale and a character study, but is never quite certain what it wants to do with either story components.
The innocence of being young is captured, but in terms of making statements that previous efforts haven?t already brought to attention, Human Voices simply scratches the surface of themes and doesn?t paint anything substantial in meaning. Much like The Son?s Room (which dealt with a tragedy within a psychologist?s family), the story attempts to build discussion between the main character?s profession and his personal life (and how they intertwine), but emotional sympathy in this version is not in gear.
The end of the film makes an effort to create a strong impact, but not enough attention was ever invested into various areas of the story to get the audience up close and personal to the emotions at play. As a result, the film is a passable emotional journey through a man?s psyche, but when the end hits we may not be as hopeful or caring as much as the filmmakers are probably depending on.
We leave the experience as if we should be feeling an added spirit surrounding us, but this sensation is never felt; this is not a bad movie, but it never does much with what?s on the table ? that is, the few vague ingredients the film never thoroughly explores.
DVD Features:
- Widescreen
Audio Features:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
- (English) Dolby Surround
- (English) Subtitles
Lee's Grade: C+
Lee's Overall Grading: 3025 graded movies
| A | 0.4% | |
| B | 30.0% | |
| C | 61.7% | |
| D | 8.0% | |
| F | 0.0% |
