40/12
Cillian Murphy is a fan of the author of the original novel of the film, Claire Keegan
Plot
In 1985, devoted father Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept in a local monastery and reveals the shocking truth about himself. He remembers reading her novel “Foster” on the train, and he had to pull a hood over his face because he was crying.
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If for Cillian Murphy, as an acting giant, Oppenheimer seemed like the biggest wall, then “Little Things Like These” seem like a demonstration of his ability to express the most complex emotions with the help of subtle facial expressions. It’s a very quiet film, and I found it very powerful in many ways because of everything you don’t see on the screen.
It’s very effective because it transports you back to that time period, and speaking as someone who doesn’t know anything about that part of history, I found it very believable
As I said, the film is very quiet, with a minimum of flashy visuals and dialogue, and although this often worked, I couldn’t help but feel that it affected the pace a bit. For a film with a duration of only 90 minutes, it seemed longer, which in itself is not bad, but, I suppose, after the slow development, I think I wanted a little more from the finale.
It’s not the kind of movie I’m going to watch again in a hurry, but it won’t leave my head anytime soon
From start to finish, Small Things Like This feels like a passion project that uses the simplest of cinematic techniques to tell its story to great effect. I could see that some people found him too emotionally detached, but I always wanted to explore the emotions he was trying to convey.