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strummerfan20

Joined Sep 2006
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Johnny Was

Johnny Was

5.5
8
  • Sep 10, 2006
  • Johnny Was just won audience award at Toronto Rebelfast

    Johnny Was just one the audience award at Rebelfest, the indie fest that runs alongside Toronto Film Fest. It even got an encore screening because it sold out and the audience feedback was so good.

    It beat out ten other features, some of which were also really good.

    I agree with Innababylon's comments. The movie is a rolicking good bit of madness that gallops all over the place. The characters are larger than life so of course not 'believable' but very engaging. The movie tries to be both a B-Movie and a 'thinker' with a lot of humor.

    Will it make my top ten? Doubt it, but is it part of a great night in, for anyone who likes a mad little movie with a heart and a brain, you bet. The movie is driven along by an amazing soundtrack of about forty reggae tracks from the On-U label and others.

    Overall, eight out of ten.
    In America

    In America

    7.6
    8
  • Sep 9, 2006
  • great gentle little movie

    I loved this little movie.

    Best of all was the character played by Chewitel Ojiofor. He went from totally scary to totally lovable in a way that shows you can't always judge a person by how they look.

    The two kids were also great - very natural and honest.

    Paddy Considine is a strong actor but for me it was the supporting cast that stole the show. Someone told me this was partly filmed in Dublin but the street scenes in NY looked very real to me.

    I recently saw Ejiofor in another movie, Inside Man, but his part was not as good and he did not have a chance to shine like in this one.

    Really good little movie.

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