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Backwoods
2006
Thriller set in the 1970s starring Gary Oldman. Lucy (Virginie Ledoyen) and Norman (Paddy Considine) are a young married couple who visit a friend (Oldman) in the Basque region of Spain. Their tranquil summer turns to horror when they discover a girl with horribly mutilated hands in the forest. They try to help her by taking .. Read more
| Starring | Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Virginie Ledoyen |
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| Director | Koldo Serra |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Backwoods
Thriller set in the 1970s starring Gary Oldman. Lucy (Virginie Ledoyen) and Norman (Paddy Considine) are a young married couple who visit a friend (Oldman) in the Basque region of Spain. Their tranquil summer turns to horror when they discover a girl with horribly mutilated hands in the forest. They try to help her by taking her away from the home in which she is locked, but the local villagers, who have to protect the girl, start a pursuit in the forest they know much better than the visitors.
| Starring | Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Virginie Ledoyen |
|---|---|
| Director | Koldo Serra |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 19 May 2008 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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Nerve-wracking throughout
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12 out of 12 people found this review helpful
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Pointless
OK, so i'm disappointed that Paddy Considine is finally in a bad movie. He is one of my favourite actors and you can usually bank on anything he puts his name to.
I can only imagine that he and the superb Gary Oldman, really got shafted making this movie. They both try really hard to make this great, but even with both of their considerable talents on show, the movie has no plot.
It does have a tense and claustrophobic atmosphere throughout, which makes you feel that something really terrible or dramatic is always around the corner, but you cannot help but feel cheated when there is none.
I wonder if the tension is because the actors realised once they were out in the middle of nowhere just what a disaster the whole project had become.
It really doesn't help that the two leading females are flat and completely without enthusiasm for their roles. They just come across as moody and spoilt.
It's a shame, because it looks the business. Watch STRAW DOGS, FUNNY GAMES or DELIVERANCE instead.
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- Angelchaos from Worthing, England
- Posted 06 Jul 2008 11:20
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12 out of 12 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Pointless
OK, so i'm disappointed that Paddy Considine is finally in a bad movie. He is one of my favourite actors and you can usually bank on anything he puts his name to.
I can only imagine that he and the superb Gary Oldman, really got shafted making this movie. They both try really hard to make this great, but even with both of their considerable talents on show, the movie has no plot.
It does have a tense and claustrophobic atmosphere throughout, which makes you feel that something really terrible or dramatic is always around the corner, but you cannot help but feel cheated when there is none.
I wonder if the tension is because the actors realised once they were out in the middle of nowhere just what a disaster the whole project had become.
It really doesn't help that the two leading females are flat and completely without enthusiasm for their roles. They just come across as moody and spoilt.
It's a shame, because it looks the business. Watch STRAW DOGS, FUNNY GAMES or DELIVERANCE instead.-
- Angelchaos from Worthing, England
- Posted 06 Jul 2008 11:20
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