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Carnage

2011

Roman Polanski

Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly ...

7.0

45,306

Comedy. Drama Based on french Yasmina Reza's play, it tells the story of two sets of parents from New York who decide to have a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a schoolyard brawl.

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"Brisk, fitfully amusing adaptation of Yasmina Reza's popular play (...) never shakes off a mannered, hermetic feel that consistently betrays its theatrical origins."	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Roman Polanski's mastery of films within small spaces is evident in his adaptation of the Yasmina Reza play. (...) Snappy, nasty, deftly acted and perhaps the fastest paced film ever directed by a 78-year-old"	POS
United Kingdom	David Gritten Telegraph	"Waltz, as the rudest man in the room, gets the best lines. It’s well-acted and giddily enjoyable"	POS
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"[A] formal clash between stage minimalism and screen naturalism (...) the considerable effort expended to let the piece breathe onscreen merely exposes its underlying artifice"	NEU

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