Saturday 7 April 2018

Rabbit Hole (2010 John Cameron Mitchell)

Very well acted and written drama, based on David Lindsay-Abaire's own play. Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhardt, Miles Teller and Diane Weist are just brilliant. Let me repeat that. Kidman. Brilliant, so natural, keeps looking like we've interrupted a real bit of living. Eckhardt. Never seen him like this, so good. Teller. This is the movie that inspired Jason Reitman and Damien Chazelle to cast him for Whiplash. Weist - well, we already knew. And loved the ending - Eckhardt suggests what will happen the next day, while we actually watch it.

Not depressing, keeps you wondering what's going on. With Tammy Blanchard, Sandra Oh, Giancarlo Esposito.


Mitchell is an actor, which is maybe why he directs such great performances. He's been in The Good Fight, Vinyl (as Warhol) and Girls and both starred in and directed Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

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