THE LONELIEST BOY IN THE WORLD
Watchable. There's bizarre fashion time confusion, that baffled me through the movie. It opens with cheerful 1985 music, though the set decor and costumes look more like 70s. The picture has its own original palette. So this dark comedy sees pink sky in his family memory and you get generally colourful 1987, in candy pastels - in line with the pleasant story. Max Harwood is perfectly cast as Oliver but made wear 70s clothing - top of the fashion but incongruent with the period. On the other hand, it doesn't make much sense he digs up a black woman instead of his real mother. Vomiting and leaking are too much. Also, the ending is quite predictable. And while the whole thing is tongue-in-cheek, it's just mildly funny. It's heart-warming rather. Very 80s teen movies style. In Poland, Anna Adamska translated it truly well into Polish.
Reviewed from the distributor's screener, cinematic reception might differ. The movie's available on Internet platforms.
L'INNOCENT (THE INNOCENT)
Watchable. This tragicomedy about our attitude to crime takes time to start the ball rolling. It's all very ordinary - both cinematography and acting are casual. It's only the final act, when the heist finally takes place, that's fully engaging.
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