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How Heavy This Hammer

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A family man who spends his time playing video games decides to change his life by leaving his wife.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas The Blue Lenses In his tale of repressed game-addicted dad Erwin (Erwin Van Cotthem), Radwanski looks not for a simple tabloid scapegoat, but digs deeper into what drives a middle-aged, middle-class man to near-paralysing regression. Aug 25, 2018 Full Review Glenn Kenny New York Times Whatever investigation it's attempting, the movie is leaden in its pacing - the first 15 minutes feel like an hour - and its constricted shooting style, practically all hand-held almost close-ups, is transparent in its contrivance of realism. Feb 16, 2017 Full Review Barry Hertz Globe and Mail Radwanski creates a visceral, impossible-to-ignore document of one man's fraught reality. It is creative, bold and even dangerous filmmaking. Rated: 3.5/4 Aug 12, 2016 Full Review C.J. Prince Way Too Indie Despite the lack of a clear resolution to Erwin's conflicts in How Heavy This Hammer, the film remains a fascinating study of a character trying to break free of his own cycles of stagnation. Rated: 7.5/10 May 30, 2019 Full Review Angelo Muredda Cinema Scope In just two features and several shorts, co-conceived with producing partner Dan Montgomery, Radwanski has proven himself a gentler, Southern Ontarian answer to Dardennes-style social realism. Nov 13, 2017 Full Review Mary Angela Rowe Seventh Row Canadian director Kazik Radwanski's sophomore feature How Heavy This Hammer is a sympathetic yet unsentimental portrait of contemporary masculinity in crisis. Rated: 4/5 Aug 14, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A family man who spends his time playing video games decides to change his life by leaving his wife.
Director
Kazik Radwanski
Producer
Daniel Montgomery, Kazik Radwanski
Screenwriter
Kazik Radwanski
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 24, 2017
Runtime
1h 15m