15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is naked under a tattered shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he's a dog. Tracey's journey leads us into the dark underbelly of the city, into the emotional cesspool of her home, through the brutality of her high school, the clinical cat and mouse .. Read more
| Starring | Ellen Page, Ari Cohen, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Erin McMurtry |
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| Director | Bruce McDonald |
| Genres | Drama |
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15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is naked under a tattered shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he's a dog. Tracey's journey leads us into the dark underbelly of the city, into the emotional cesspool of her home, through the brutality of her
high school, the clinical cat and mouse games with her shrink and her soaring fantasies of Billy Zero - her boyfriend and rock 'n' roll saviour. Tracey's stories begin to intertwine truth with lies, hope with despair as we move closer to the truth of Sonny's disappearance.
| Starring | Ellen Page, Ari Cohen, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Erin McMurtry, SlimTwig, Julian Richings, Libby Adams, Shawn Ahmed, Stephen Amell, Jackie Brown |
|---|---|
| Director | Bruce McDonald |
| Studio | SODA POP |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 20 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 29 Sep 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
Itll be interesting to see if Ellen Pages career can weather the legacy of Juno MacGuff, or if that iconic role... read more on Time Out
This film is a work of art, i have never seen anything like it before and i doubt we ever will again. It was a really brave thing to even consider making a movie in this way but i feel it reall paid off as the performance from Ellen Page was again a treat. I still believe that Ellen is the next great actress of our time and we should watch out for future projects.
Here is a tip, due to the way the movie is shown (in fragments) it is difficult to understand what is events are taking place, so try watching it again because everything falls into place when you already know the background of the story.
Ever get the feeling that a film has been released just because the young actress who plays the lead is the current toast of Hollywood? No....well you will after this. Unashamedly self indulgent, and artsy, without any real substance. The young actress at the core of this, in my opinion, can't really carry a whole film, but then I haven't warmed to her previously in Juno or Hard Candy so maybe she just isn't my cup of tea. I don't think she's a bad actress, she just seems to play the same wise cracking teen with a slight alteration of tone to indicate that she's bad teen or good teen.
The notion of 'fragments' could have been quite stunning, but the constant double, triple picture on the screen is just plain annoying and in my opinion a little bit on the lazy side. Still wondering who they found to fund this one. Any how, I wouldn't bother with this unless your a fan of the lead actress because it struggles on substance, struggles on style and struggles with the concept of entertainment.