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Wake Up (2009)
Snapshot of suburban drama, sensual and brutal, a visual treat
Very well constructed, very visual, great use of music and excellent build-up. It's a snapshot of a fairly classic story which could easily be made into a feature film and which the author manages to compress perfectly into a sequence of scenes which take you naturally from the past, through the inner fantasy world of the two characters and finally into the brutal present. It's amazing how the music manages to tell the story almost as well as the characters do. It's a movie with little dialogue but full of things unsaid and I think this is what makes it strong and believable.
I like Alex's character, you can feel from the outset that there is a lot of teenage anger and frustration bottled up and ready to explode but you are left wondering until the very end if he will break. I think the bathroom scene is the climax and the sexual tension is so palpable that you can hardly believe they are not even touching at that point. You are definitely left wanting more when the spell breaks and the brick falls.