MGN-AFRICA»» pin:2A123D88 Gods Pocket: carrying corpse humour to the grave: Philip Seymour Hoffmans posthumous movie pays poor tribute to the corpse on screen subgenre * Gods Pocket star Christina Hendricks: Ive got a little sass in me * Gods Pocket - review from Sundance 2014 The word corpsing usually describes the moment when an actor breaks into laughter mid-performance, but theres a different kind of corpsing on show in Gods Pocket and not just because the black comedy, set in a blue-collar corner of south Philadelphia, is itself a bit of a stiff. Among the pluses are tip-top acting from Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks, Eddie Marsan and, in one of his final roles, Philip Seymour Hoffman. But the mood is almost ruined by scenes showing Hoffman lugging a corpse from the funeral parlour to the alley (where he stands it upright, only for it to topple over) and then later into a meat truck. The makers of Gods Pocket (including its director, John Slattery, old silver-haired Roger Sterling from Mad Men) clearly find all this dead body business a frightful gas. Audiences cant be blamed, though, for wondering if the film isnt merely Weekend At Bernies with indie credentials. Continue reading... bit.ly/1kcSHfb pin:2A123D88
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:44:53 +0000
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