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pandora1963
16 Feb 25 19:45
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Not many films made these days are worth watching, but this is a great film. Ben Whishaw is brilliant as the guy having a breakdown.
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Report mitolo February 16, 2025 8:08 PM GMT
they could have saved the expense of actors pretending to have a breakdown by filming you in your bedsit with its posters of your fave pop singers curling up at the edges while you play cluedo against yourself

and still lose
Report DIE LINKE February 16, 2025 8:20 PM GMT
any t1ts in it?
Report leif February 16, 2025 10:31 PM GMT
Ben Whishaw is brilliant as the guy having a breakdown.

Claiming PIP and recently reassessed?
Report Ramruma February 17, 2025 12:14 AM GMT
Radio Times review
https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-mk5sk7/surge/

Centred around a blistering lead turn by Ben Whishaw, this nerve-racking thriller depicts a young man's spiral into violence and lawlessness over a frantic 24-hour period. Joseph is an airport security guard who always seems to hover on the periphery. He's so quiet that none of his colleagues even know it's his birthday, but they happily eat the cake he brings in to celebrate. After a disastrous lunch with his parents (the fantastic Ellie Haddington and Ian Gelder), Joseph goes on a crime spree through London, liberated by living by his own rules, seemingly for the first time. Debut director Aneil Karia (best known for Channel 4's Top Boy) uses claustrophobic close-ups and hand-held framing to nail-biting effect, and the film is frequently unbearably tense. There is an overreliance on symbolism, and the exact reasons for Joseph's turmoil are left unsaid, but there are tantalising layers to Whishaw's lived-in performance and he is the reason to keep watching.
Report Emitdeb February 17, 2025 7:45 AM GMT
I switched off just after the disastrous lunch with his parents... Maybe I should revisit, sounds like that's when something less depressing happens.
Report DIE LINKE February 17, 2025 12:22 PM GMT
can't be more nerve-racking than the one when he got bummed without lube by Hugh Grant
Report s.kenbo February 17, 2025 12:31 PM GMT
It sounds like a poor man’s Falling Down.
Report s.kenbo February 17, 2025 12:31 PM GMT
Hugh Grant dry bummed Pandora?
Report Ramruma February 17, 2025 1:00 PM GMT
DIE LINKE -- can't be more nerve-racking than the one when he got bummed without lube by Hugh Grant

It's television you idiot. They were acting. Of course they really used lube.
Report tanglefoot February 17, 2025 1:21 PM GMT
Must be A Fortunate Man Happy
Report saddo February 17, 2025 4:24 PM GMT
A bleak portrayal of an unstable unpleasant character. I had to turn it off,
some 'entertainment' is just too much hard work.
Report paulypaul February 17, 2025 6:18 PM GMT
falling down was much more entertaining though not really that comparable
Report freddiewilliams February 17, 2025 7:29 PM GMT
Watched 5 mins. Absolute P1sh
Report stewarts rise February 18, 2025 10:48 AM GMT
Haven't watched it yet so can't comment on this film, but have recorded it to watch later. What i would say to Freddie is that 5 mins of the beginning of a film is not enough to say it's absolute Pish.
  Great films i would have thought were pish after 5 mins include " The Deerhunter", " The thief, the cook his wife and her lover", "The Kite Flyer" etc, all brilliant films which you have to keep watching to get into. I'm sure there are many more films others could think of which take a while to get going.
Report freddiewilliams February 18, 2025 1:25 PM GMT
Wasn't the first 15. It was him losing it at the airport
Report freddiewilliams February 18, 2025 1:29 PM GMT
Panda ain't the best track record
Report typhoon ginger February 18, 2025 6:20 PM GMT
Poor film 2/10 at best
Report starkeycars February 18, 2025 6:25 PM GMT
Watched the film it reminded me of the video for bitter sweet symphony when he is walking down the road after robbing the bank I think that basically sums the film up Barry Norman eat your heart out  overall rating 5/10
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