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Review: 'Exit Elena' A Funny, Uncomfortable Analysis Of Family & Need
- By Christopher Bell
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- September 8, 2012 12:01 PM
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Dysfunctional families are the crème de la crème subject for artists: the potential for laughs and intense drama is too attractive, and anyone who's had a proper childhood should have plenty of real life experiences to mine from. But all this attention given to the rag-tag blood bunches have taken all eyes away from the oddly operative ones, those far from normal but somehow able to exist and function as a unit: they get along despite their incompatible behavior, which they don't even seem to recognize. These circles warrant their own examination, and Nathan Silver does just that with his sophomore feature "Exit Elena," an often hilarious and uncomfortable study of the family surrounding one desperately lonely live-in nurse.
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Not sure if you guys noticed, but Filmstage ripped this feature off lock, stock and barrel. Not the
I never implied that I had seen it. I merely reiterated Yer's statement on how it LOOKED.
But you haven't actually seen the fucking film, dbag.
Thanks for pointing out this error - text has been corrected.
whats happened to sherlock holmes 3 if guy ritchie is directing this film
Since you haven't seen it (as usual) you're talking out your ass again, Alan.
What a tease.
Just wow! Thanks for this amazing review, really because now I wanna see it even more! Kiang, I love
Top five replacements: 1: RDJ 2: Denzel 3: Leo 4: Johnny Depp 5: Brad Pitt
someone needs to edit this.