Sometimes I wish that I like the movie I watch better. I was wholeheartedly rooting for Robert Carlyle's debut. "Barney Thomson" is a dark comedy wannabe, trying to walk on a tightrope between two skyscrapers, without a safety net. Well, the good news is there was no tragic accident and the bad news that somehow arriving to the other side isn't really much of a success. Dark, macabre comedy is a hard genre to get right. The movie had magnificent cast, somewhat interesting story, but apart from every scene stealing Emma Thompson it all falls very short. Not funny enough, not gory enough and sadly, just not interesting enough. And that is the most painful insult one can give to a filmmaker. Sorry.
Review of Barney Thomson
