Title : Crown and Anchor (2018)
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Crown and Anchor (2018)
James, returns home to bury his mother and runs straight into the family he sought to leave behind. He especially doesn't really want to deal with his cousin Danny, a low level crook and drug addict who is trying to just survive with with his family. Returning also means that he will have to face up to his past and the things that happened there.CROWN AND ANCHOR both thrills me and annoys me. Filled with great performances and some wonderfully written exchanges the film pops and sings in ways that most films don't. There are times and moments in the film that are among some of the best that I've seen in a movie all year...
...the trouble is that the film has some bumps which make the film hard to rave about from to to bottom..
First the film is shot largely in close up or in shots which frame everyone from waist up. No one seems to really have legs. At first I though perhaps it was because of tight locations or because director Andrew Rowe just makes the choice to frame it that way. However there was a sequence outside the funeral home and we are treated to shot choices that are very formal with restricted view of the world and I realize that it was a choice. While every shot isn't close, its enough that its really noticeable.
Another problem is that James takes a very long time before he isn't really one note. For a large portion of the film he is seemingly emotionless except for constant outbursts of violence. Its very hard to warm up to him, which is troubling since to a large degree he is the lead.
The film is also in need of snipping. Running just over 2 hours the film drags at times. While Rowe has crafted some killer monologues and exchanges and its kind of a sin to lose bits of them, the reality all together they slow things down. Frankly I would be hard pressed to know what to cut but the reality is something has to go.
And despite the problems I like the film. There is a raw energy and a reality we don't usually see. There is more than enough good here to make this worth seeing. Its also good enough that I will be curious what Andrew Rowe does next.
Starting Sept 12th the film will be opening in the following select US theaters
Long Beach | The Art Theatre | Sept 12th
Atlanta | The Plaza Theatre | Sept 14th
Albuquerque | Guild Cinema | Sept 22nd
Oakland | The New Parkway Theatre | Sept 21st
Portland | The Clinton Street Theater | Oct 5th
Brooklyn | Nitehawk Cinema | Oct 24th
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