Baltimore
A lot of disparate elements that I really liked but never feels like it comes together, while certain choices seem gratingly self conscious.
The film works best when it plays into the enigma of its central character but too many times it undermines this and presents things in ways which feel too obvious. Flashback scenes of student revolution are awkwardly staged with dialogue which knocks you over the head. 269
The supporting cast feels very underwritten and seem very much to be an afterthought, As much as an actor of <PERSON> calibre might try.
<PERSON> is good and embodies the contradictions of her character nervy, angry, arrogant and unsettlingly calm, all at once.
The score is great, in many ways it is the film, without it I’m not sure if it works at all.
One nitpick. Throughout the film the <PERSON> refer to Northern Ireland as well… Northern Ireland. As any one from Northern Ireland can attest they almost certainly would never call it that, it would be “The North of Ireland”, small difference but stuck out like a sore thumb at times for me. 909