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Drowning by Numbers
When you don't like your husband very much, murder may seem a drastic solution. Unless of course you decide to drown him and you are a close personal friend of a compliant coroner... So far, so good. But, what happens when other members of your family decide to follow your example? 'Drowning By Numbers' is a sharp and witty .. Read more
| Starring | Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Joely Richardson, Juliet Stevenson |
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| Director | Peter Greenaway |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Drowning by Numbers
When you don't like your husband very much, murder may seem a drastic solution. Unless of course you decide to drown him and you are a close personal friend of a compliant coroner... So far, so good. But, what happens when other members of your family decide to follow your example? 'Drowning By Numbers' is a sharp and witty tale of female camaraderie with the legendary Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson and Joely Richardson giving first-class performances. Bernard Hill co-stars in this jet black comedy of manners from master film maker Peter Greenaway. The film's charming pastoral setting overflows with metaphors and mathematical riddles, in a film that will continue to amuse for countless viewings.
| Starring | Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Joely Richardson, Juliet Stevenson |
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| Director | Peter Greenaway |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 58 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Released | DVD: not available |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (2)
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Cynical black comedy, beautifully played and more accessible than this director's earlier work, although with some obscure formalism.
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Obsessed with obscure English folk games and father to corpse-collecting Smut, coroner Madgett becomes involved with... read more on Time Out
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21 out of 22 people found this review helpful
Superb, must-see... and unavailable
This movie is the reason I signed up for DVD rental. Sadly, despite being listed on this service, it is unavailable, with no date for when it will become available.
Drowning By Numbers is quite frankly the best arthouse film ever made, the story of five husband-killers, their oddball associates and eccentric lifestyle in the rural English coast.
The drownings form a mere back-story to a longer and far more complicated series of games and pastimes thought up by Smut, the perpetually occupied son of the local coroner. Anyone brought up in an isolated rural community who constructed their own games to pass their childhood time will find this eccentricity strangely familiar.
Unfortunately this DVD has been deleted for several years. I'd hoped that since it came up on a listing for this service, they would actually have an old copy available, but it would seem not. I can't help but feel somewhat cheated out of my money. -
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Peter Greenaway's best!
This is more a surreal work of art than a conventional film. That may leave some disappointed, but really you should just sit back and enjoy the spectacle. It should really be restored and released on BluRay. Why we have so much crap available, and yet movies as great as this are not even available on DVD is beyond me.
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Drowning by Numbers
When you don't like your husband very much, murder may seem a drastic solution. Unless of course you decide to drown him and you are a close personal friend of a compliant coroner... So far, so good. But, what happens when other members of your family decide to follow your example? 'Drowning By ...
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