Film roundup: New Releases for Adult Audiences
Here’s the latest film roundup from Past the Popcorn:
Almost every week of late, there’s been something new on screens for teenagers, at least, if not for the whole family.
Not this week. The closest thing to suitable for young audiences is In the Land of Women, which Kathy Bledsoe advises is unlikely to be appealing to anyone under 25. She recommends it to adult couples, nonetheless, for its ability to celebrate “a purpose and a plan behind the fact that we need each other.”
On the R-rated front, Greg Wright finds Fracture to be “entertaining” enough but just a little too smart in the pants for its own good, suggesting that director Gregory Hoblit went fishing for an R. Elsewhere, Wright finds Hot Fuzz to be “a salty-tongued, faux-violent, but otherwise raunch-free R-rated buddy-cop comedy”–one which he “enjoyed thoroughly.” Salty language also earns an R for The TV Set, which Wright calls “the slightest, most insubstantial whiff of entertainment” he’s seen in years. And even though The Wind That Shakes the Barley is unrated, Wright calls this IRA drama “fine and accomplished,” though it is “as gritty as the soil from which the barley springs–and it’s intended to shake you to your core.” Meanwhile, on the Danish front, Mike Smith calls After the Wedding a “nearly perfect” and “redemptive” film.
Finally, to bring things back to PG-13, we have Year of the Dog, which Jenn Wright describes as “rather weird.” Still, she thinks there’s something more going on here than just some shaggy dog story, seeing it as a metaphor for overwrought zeal in general.
