The Playroom (2013) (original) (raw)
Four children in their attic hideaway make up a fantastic story, while downstairs their parents weave a drunken intrigue of their own.
Four children in their attic hideaway make up a fantastic story, while downstairs their parents weave a drunken intrigue of their own. (less)
Director: Julia Dyer
Writer: Gretchen Dyer
Starring: John Hawkes, Molly Parker, Olivia Harris, Cody Linley, Jonathan Freeman (XIV), Lydia Mackay
Producers: Stephen Dyer, Angie Meyer, Russell Blair
Review by Brian Orndorf, February 15, 2013
4 / 10
�The Playroom� is a disappointing film with an intriguing premise. Dealing with insecurities and marital dissolution in the 1970s, it�s fair to compare the feature to Ang Lee�s 1997 effort, �The Ice Storm,� which also mined the same material, but to greater effect. �The Playroom� doesn�t share the same narrative drive or depth of emotion, instead coasting on a tedious wave of anticlimactic incidents, weaving metaphorical content with half-realized melodramatic confrontations. It�s a misfire from screenwriter Gretchen Dyer and director Julia Dyer, who can�t connect the puzzle pieces, resulting ...read more...
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