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The End of the Golden Weather (1991)
total guff
I cannot understand how anyone could feel positively towards this film; the acting is embarrassing, the dialogue filled with trivial clichés, the pacing and direction plodding and apparently self-absorbed. This is the sort of film where you feel the director and writer thought they were really clever - except they turned out boring, hackneyed, moronic pap.
There is the nasty feeling that the actors all believe they are on a stage - on film they really look like they're over-acting. Some of the scenes are toe-curling in their pantomime quality.
I do not like to criticise a child's acting, but the young boy, Stephen Fulford, is not capable of carrying the film. The blame, though, lies squarely on the shoulders of Ian Mune and Bruce Mason - no actor could deliver such dull, obvious lines and come out with any self-respect.
There are a million films that deliver quirky character with intelligence, wit and respect - What's Eating Gibert Grape?, Benny and Joon, Twin Peaks, Bad Boy Bubby, and Tim Burton or Coen Brothers film. Go and see any of those instead, or be prepared to fall asleep or fast forward this dull tripe.