Seb Fowler
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William H. Macy, once again representing white middle-class America, plays Edmond the businessman run off his rails and clumsily plunging into a life of self-induced turmoil. Edmond leaves his wife (Rebecca Pidgeon) and heads out on the town, looking for some action. Unaccustomed in the ways of the underworld, Edmond continues to find his situation worsening, getting beaten and robbed. Fed up, he hits back hard with poor aim and finds himself in more trouble.
The warning ‘Contains scenes that may offend some viewers’ is true enough. Some of a more …
The Pundit 2006 Reviews »
Tightly directed by Baltasar Korme?kur, A Little Trip to Heaven is an intriguing mystery full of suspense. While carrying out his investigations in the desolate town of North Hastings, insurance agent Abe (Forest Whitaker) gets to know the sole claimant Isold (Julia Stiles) and her son Thor (Alfred Harmsworth).
The desolate, grimy landscape is captured beautifully. Filmed in Iceland but set in Northern USA, the harsh, bleak environment has its part to play in proceedings. Although set in the 1980s, this film could easily have taken place in the present, given …
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