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Puffball Reviews

2008

40
from 1236 members

A young ambitious architect buys a ruined cottage to transform. But, the building, in an isolated Irish valley, has a history. And, when she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant the neighboring farmers turn against her and her unborn child and try to change the course of nature. A drama with supernatural overtones, a thriller .. Read more

Starring	Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Oscar Pearce
Director	Nicolas Roeg
Genres	Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

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- Nic Roegâs long-awaited return to the big screen takes the form of an atmospheric if modestly scaled adaptation of a... read more on Time Out
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- - Wally Hammond
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:21
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- - 27
  - 1
  not good, dont expect anthing great
  
  very disappointing considering Roegs other works
  
  wikipedia states this to be a £7,000,000 production, that just cant be true. looks like a made... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - England
  - 12 Jul 2008 at 00:40
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- - 0
  - 0
  MORE LIKE A STINK HORN!
  
  As an admirer of the work of the renowned British film-maker Nicolas Roeg I came to this film with a high level of expectation. Unfortunately, such high ... read more »
  
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- - Nimos
  - 3 reviews
  - 15 Jul 2011 at 16:34
- - 1
  - 0
  boring
  
  this was very dissapointing i thought it was a scary film if i had known wouldnt have rented it
  
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  - chorley
  - 03 May 2010 at 18:22
- - 0
  - 0
  Duff Balls
  
  A wasted opportunity. A decent cast, much time spent building up the atmosphere of menace and foreboding.... then nothing really happens. Right to the end I ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Guildford, UK
  - 01 May 2010 at 19:51
- - 0
  - 1
  Utter crap!!
  
  Oh my god, what a load of toss!! It only go a half because you can`t give nothing. It was just wierd and pointless. I spent most of the film pulling a face as ... read more »
  
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  - Bourne
  - 14 Apr 2010 at 23:45
- - 0
  - 0
  Don't look now or ever...
  
  Truly dire outing from Nic Roeg. Hard to believe he made this choice - even more hard to believe is that anyone actually funded it's production! Drab ... read more »
  
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- 870295
- - Whipster
  - 592 reviews
  - Shropshire
  - 08 Mar 2010 at 11:59
- - 0
  - 0
  the starey dog had the best part
  
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  A disappointing sex and mud fest with some really gross gorey bits. The flinty eyed Liffey could out-pout Keira Knightley and by the end I wasn't interested... read more »
  
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  - Winchester
  - 28 Feb 2010 at 23:39
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  - 0
  Puffball
  
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  It was so bizarre movie.... it was like somethin was implant inside the woman....
  
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  - Yeovil
  - 14 Dec 2009 at 20:40
- - 0
  - 0
  Wasted a part of my life that I will never get back!!!
  
  Love film sent this out as they didn't have anything else on my selection of 40 odd dvds..... I wish they had not bothered. To call this film was ... read more »
  
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  - Leeds
  - 03 Dec 2009 at 20:06
- - 0
  - 0
  Puffball....Stuff and Nonsense
  
  I found this to be a sleepy movie, yet with this cast of stars you may well think different. The only word I can think of is this movie 'plodded' along... read more »
  
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- - Devilridesout
  - 55 reviews
  - West Molesey. England
  - 01 Nov 2009 at 17:58
- - 0
  - 0
  Strange
  
  Works well as a book but struggles as a film. Interesting, but doesn't quite get there.
  
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  - Lytham St. Annes
  - 27 Oct 2009 at 00:30
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- - 27
  - 1
  not good, dont expect anthing great
  
  very disappointing considering Roegs other works
  
  wikipedia states this to be a £7,000,000 production, that just cant be true. looks like a made... read more »
  
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- 596785
- [Highly rated reviewer]
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  - England
  - 12 Jul 2008 at 00:40
- - 9
  - 0
  puffball
  
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  This film must be avoided, its totally crap, its not worth watching, please dont rent it you will be dissapointed,
  
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- - michelle12345
  - 1 review
  - Castleford
  - 05 Apr 2009 at 22:30
- - 8
  - 0
  Performance, Dont Look Now... to this?
  
  Completely agree with the other reviewers sentiments.
  
  This is terrible, avoid like the plague.
  
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- - ezmo
  - 5 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 27 Mar 2009 at 15:33
- - 5
  - 0
  Puffball
  
  When I saw the name Nicholas Roeg with Rita Tushingham and Donal Sutherland I thought it should be good. Put it this way if you are told you have 2 hours left ... read more »
  
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- 740485
- - Broadwath
  - 5 reviews
  - CARLISLE
  - 09 Apr 2009 at 10:09
- - 4
  - 0
  rubbish
  
  this was one of the worst films I have ever seen, in my option don't bother.
  
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- 739709
- - abbs
  - 5 reviews
  - South Ockendon
  - 07 Apr 2009 at 21:20
- - 4
  - 0
  Puff Ball
  
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  I enjoy independent, low budget movies and particularly those made/set in Ireland (think of The Honeymooners), however Puff Ball is without doubt one of the ... read more »
  
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  - Ballynahinch
  - 28 Apr 2009 at 13:16
- - 4
  - 0
  puffball
  
  Absolute rubbish!!!!! don't rent it!!
  
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- 760499
- - laidlaw
  - 1 review
  - Southampton
  - 20 May 2009 at 22:11
- - 3
  - 0
  Puff Ball arks
  
  What an unfortunate let down. This film was nothing like the excellent book. They have changed the plot, location and atmosphere. A complete and utter waste of ... read more »
  
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- 744216
- - David Bate
  - Salford, Lancashire
  - 16 Apr 2009 at 19:55
- - 3
  - 0
  puffball
  
  this film is unspeakably bad. its nonsensical, unintentionally funny, badly acted, laden with really poor 'special' effects and shot like an episode of ... read more »
  
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- 749605
- - magnificentno7
  - 1 review
  - Stockport
  - 28 Apr 2009 at 22:23
- - 2
  - 0
  DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME
  
  We are still in shock. shock that we wasted nearly 2 hour (TWO HOURS) of our lives on this appalling film. Poor performances abound, a storyline that is so weak... read more »
  
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- 769011
- - a customer
  - Derby
  - 10 Jun 2009 at 09:39

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  A young ambitious architect buys a ruined cottage to transform. But, the building, in an isolated Irish valley, has a history. And, when she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant the neighboring farmers turn against her and her unborn child and try to change the course of nature. A drama with ...