I only came across this wonderfully black comedy whilst flicking through the movie channels on a flight between Auckland and Sydney and so missed the first 10 minutes or so. However I saw enough to be so enthused as to want to register my comments on IMDb. It deserves 9.5 out of 10 as far as I'm concerned. My only gripe is that I can find no details of a release date in Australia.
There are 5 stories in one here. 2 are slightly and only fleetingly connected and 1 has an ironically savage twist in the tail. The twist is not quite as startling as that in "Sixth Sense" but it's up there in my book!
All stories concern refugees in London from the recent Bosnian/Serbian conflict and if it was the director's aim to show how good, beauty, truth and humour can be found in what appear to be the most hopeless of people and situations she has succeeded admirably. There is one rather "twee" moment when one of the characters reads a bedtime story and one rather unbelievable (from an aviation professional's point of view!) scene at Rotterdam(?) Airport in the same story, but these are very very minor criticisms of what is a most heartwarming film.
There are no big name stars (The only actor I recognised and that from British TV drama series, was Siobhan Redmond) but the ensemble playing is excellent throughout. However, if pushed, I would award top billing to Linda Bassett as The Nurse for her placid good nature and her deadpan reaction to some of the comments from the 3 patients in her charge.
One line verdict? Forget the blockbusters..See Beautiful People!
There are 5 stories in one here. 2 are slightly and only fleetingly connected and 1 has an ironically savage twist in the tail. The twist is not quite as startling as that in "Sixth Sense" but it's up there in my book!
All stories concern refugees in London from the recent Bosnian/Serbian conflict and if it was the director's aim to show how good, beauty, truth and humour can be found in what appear to be the most hopeless of people and situations she has succeeded admirably. There is one rather "twee" moment when one of the characters reads a bedtime story and one rather unbelievable (from an aviation professional's point of view!) scene at Rotterdam(?) Airport in the same story, but these are very very minor criticisms of what is a most heartwarming film.
There are no big name stars (The only actor I recognised and that from British TV drama series, was Siobhan Redmond) but the ensemble playing is excellent throughout. However, if pushed, I would award top billing to Linda Bassett as The Nurse for her placid good nature and her deadpan reaction to some of the comments from the 3 patients in her charge.
One line verdict? Forget the blockbusters..See Beautiful People!