Carnage (2011), Roman Polanski
3.5/5
Adapted from a play Roman Polanski (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown) does an excellent job of bringing this relationship and moral drama to life. The acting is great by the small ensemble cast. While at times it feels a little forced trying to keep these characters together, there are some powerful moments and it is great to watch all the semblances of social propriety and niceties devolve over time. Some excellent moral questions are raised by the film and interesting how the instigating circumstance begins to unravel the relationships of these two couples with much about the gender and relationships in the film applicable to society in general. Overall a really interesting film and the subtle cinematography works well, it is very restrained character focused drama, however I don't really think it's a comedy.
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