Pink Wall

Opening scene: overeation Then a big argument scene that didn't make sense. The titles establish that four years have past and they argue like they've just met. The movie jumps around haphazardly with quick cuts. I guess this might be okay in a poetic sense, but the mostly improv'ed scenes just don't make sense in terms of character (see above example) But this is a straightforward tale, after all, so these things don't come off as illustrating some deeper meaning. They just confuse the relationship that we are supposed to be being shown-they obscure the picture, not make it. They just come across as a first draft, a first go round. Messy. And unfinished. So,

It's rare that a film these days makes you fully believe and invest in the relationships which you see on screen - this film does that and more. The pain which you feel during the films first scene, after an argument between family members around a table, is so relatable and close to home. It's beautifully shot from beginning to end, with the last scene using Wales' gorgeous landscape to it full potential. For a film shot in under two weeks, it's a mammoth of an achievement by director Tom Cullen.

I couldn't believe they shot it in 9 days! The acting performances felt real and I really believed their relationships. It beautiful to look at and paced really well. Tom has done a great job weaving the story and making something that feels authentic and heartbreaking and beautiful. I loved it

This film is stunning. A quiet piece, weaving through different periods of time seamlessly, it captures the volatility and tenderness of two people genuinely trying to make their love work, even as it is falling apart. I smiled all the way through it, even as my heart broke for them. The cinematography is stunning, it's effortlessly directed (by first-time director, Tom Cullen, who has an excellent command of both visual and emotional language) and beautifully acted. Tatiana Maslany is superb, and Jay Duplass does some of his best work. Couldn't recommend more highly.

Saw this at LFF, two utterly self obsessed people in a relationship that was never going to work, she a pushy producer and him a slacker. In between they had unbelievable conversations with far too much swearing...then they split up

She is a hard to like hard a--. He, a rudderless milquetoast. Inherently, their relationship should have never been. We get that over the first hour and a half of the relationship dissection "Pink Wall". Then a few wasted and whispered words from her in the closing moments drive it home. Tatiana Maslany and Jay Duplass each do a lot of ad-libbing here, and they're both damn good at it. Which leads one to believe that the script, such as it was, wasn't all that red hot. In fact, it barely registers on the spectrum as pink-ish.

One of those, yes those Indies which look deep, sound deep, feel deep but at the end you wonder what you've watched. Likely is a dissection of a relationship that's rocky at best but also a slice of life. The characters are real, their impulses and emotions are real enough but we seem like an outsider looking in. Never to close to identify with them. So they're a bunch of good looking people going thru their crises and you get to watch. Not more than that though.

Saw this at the London Film Festival and it really moved me. I love the time structure and the cinematography is stunning. Tatiana and Jay's on screen chemistry is unparalleled. Such incredible performances in such an authentic and achingly beautiful debut.