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MikesReviewsArt n May 13 *Rough Thoughts* 70% So I seen Alan Moore wrote a movie interesting so I gave it a whirl. A pretty good British mystery thriller filled with quirkiness and oddities. Someone must’ve been a fan of The Cure cause the main guy has the same hairstyle and also the doctor has the misfits hairstyle. Good visuals, some good cinematography, funny, visual humor with the air fresheners and one was a crow. Yes, the smell of death. The other one was a skeleton being hanged. The negatives there’s redundancies in the script for instance one scene when he’s talking to the kid investigators and they say the same word over and over again it’s like OK write something else. It’s really predictable with one element in the movie with the librarian and I called it. He was the villain. He’s the bad guy. Low budget restrains feels like a directed DVD movie. The messaging art is up for interpretation of the storytelling being the storytelling the creator. Life is like a show we are the projection we show what we are and what we’re not. The artifact that he’s looking for is the McGuffin for the film. Religious undertones. See more Will S 05/25/2024 If you like urban fantasy film noir, give this a try. The plot is slight, but there are great bits along the way. Alan Moore not only wrote the script—he co-wrote much of the music and does a fine job in a minor but significant role. See more brad p 02/23/2023 While the plot was overly convoluted and the film probably requires multiple viewings to fully understand, The Show still featured an entertaining cast of eccentric side characters, making it an exaggerated and unforgettable examination of life in Northampton. See more 07/25/2022 What Film is supposed to be. Creativity and originality, those rarest of wild creatures, have made a nest in the head of master storyteller Moore and hatched a plot to inspire the imagination, intelligence and sense of playfulness in as many grokking humans as possible. A film for artists, poets, writers, musicians and techno-shamans of all stripes: multi-layered surrealism that never falls into self-indulgence or over-seriousness. A childlike wonder lies just under the surface of the terribly hip and ultra-modern sensibilities, fostering great dialog and fleeting glimpses of a symbolic universe just beyond the grasp of rational constraints. The acting, too, embodies that symbolic universe, acting more like fingers pointing to the moon than realistic persons. All the darkness and light anyone could ask for, in a kaleidoscopic mixture of magic and the mundane. Just because it's a cliche, doesn't mean it isn't true: each repeated viewing uncovers more of the poetic genius behind artistic and magical intent. Also, it is Great Fun. See more 04/10/2022 A thoroughly bizarre film with more than a few echoes of Twin Peaks. The director is overly fond of his dutch angles but it's sharply written and anything that can make Northampton seem interesting is well worth your time. See more 01/29/2022 I mean, I give it props for being soo bizarre, this is the kind of weirdness I love. But I just didn't connect with any of it. Some of the visuals were cool, but I found myself struggling to follow the story or get invested in any of it. Maybe my expectations were just too high when I saw Alan Moore's name attached... See more Read all reviews

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