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Ravenswood R This is like watching one episode in the middle of a possibly good TV series, without seeing any of the other episodes. It is shot with very little creativity or any attempt at artful photography or scene set-ups Photographically, there is only ever one level of lighting used (room filling, cool, and bright), and shaky cameras moving from person to person - like a TV show. So, as cinema art, this is low on the spectrum. There are characters here, but far too many, and not enough time to develop any of them. I couldn't follow the story, mostly trying to keep all the people straight and who they all were and what they all might be doing, or for what reason. Violent at times, in a supposedly humorous way, but that does not work. Given a chance to figure it all out in a 10-12 hour series rather than in a 90 minute slice might have worked, but maybe not, because this is also quite boring. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Very much Ben Wheatley. Ordinary reactions to extraordinary circumstances. A good story, kitchen sink in full view, but I didn't see enough of the dark humour that was suggested in the reviews. Loved whatserface from Spaced playing the mum... Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Definitely more low end gangster, it's very watchable in a slightly comedic way with an impending sense of dread and doom present throughout. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Brilliant, sick, funny, claustrophobic first feature by Ben Wheatley about a crime family searching for a police informer in their midst. More Royale Family than The Godfather. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Sour people and places, slapstick serial killing and reality organised crime, with a streak of hippy and folk culture, plus some charming music. An excellent ensemble cast delivers this portrait of the English criminal class, who look and sound just like anyone else you might meet in the average neighbourhood. It takes a while, but not all that long, to see them as they really are. The film is also a finely constructed, if blunt, allegory for the passage of time, the rise and fall of power, and generational change. It is delivered with sophisticated English wit, and plenty of laughs. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Ben Wheatley knows how to create not only realism within the context of the unreal, he knows how to keep the audience in suspense and never misses the opportunity to surprise. A very dark film well worth seeing. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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