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@ThePlaylist includes The Rover in their most underrated and underseen films of 2014 so far

 

I just have to agree because really what else is there for me to do.  BUT if you live in Sydney and are free 6.00pm Sunday afternoon, I recommend you head over to The Golden Cinema & Bar (details posted here).  But back to The Playlist:

““The Rover”
I’ll be the first to admit that David Michod’s “The Rover” didn’t land with me quite as hard as it did with our reviewer out of Cannes.  It was my kind of movie, sparse, minimalist, hauntingly moody, possessing a menacing slow burn to it—but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t leave me at a bit of a distance. I wanted slightly more—just one more emotional scene like the sequence with Guy Pearce’s character staring with deep wells of empathy at the caged dogs melting with heat from the Australian Outback. But perhaps more than any film this year, or at least any film that I wasn’t immediately taken with, its simmering intensity and single-minded drive has really resonated with me. A lot of that comes from the internalized rage of Guy Pearce, a performance that has become one of my favorites of the year. Now Robert Pattinson is good, but Pearce is something else; like a feral animal on a mission that cannot be stopped (and considering his recent excellent turns in “Lawless,” “Breathe In” and “Hateship, Loveship” it feels like we have a new mini Pearce renaissance on our hands). There’s a fury within the heart of “The Rover,” but it’s from a ravaged soul who’s had everything taken from him. It’s a possessed and ghostly shell of a man who will stop at nothing to properly mourn all that he has lost and loved. You cannot and will not deny that from this character. The movie really got killed in wide release, its languid rhythms and atmospheric meditations on our humanity (or lack thereof) just not built for the mainstream multiplexes and that’s a shame. Definitely make the effort to catch up with this one and give it time to marinate after it’s done.” (Rodrigo Perez)

Like I said, if you haven’t seen it and can come to Sydney this weekend DO IT.

Also, if you want to check out what other films you shouldn’t miss, click on link above.

Update:  I received an email from Fran last night letting me know The Rover is playing this weekend Fri at 8pm , Sat at 5.30 pm and Sunday at 1.45 pm at Mount Vic Flicks.    I hear it’s a great family run cinema.  Thanks Fran!