Separation City: DVD Review
Separation City
Released by Sony Home Entertainment
Rating: M
"A film about falling out of love for the first time."
In this Kiwi film from renowned writer Tom Scott, all aspects of
relationships are pored over. Political speech writer Simon (Joel Edgerton) and
Pam (Danielle Cormack) are in suburban hell - their marriage is suffering
because of their stifling lifestyles. Elsewhere Berliner Katrien (Rhona Mitra)
has followed her husband Klaus (Thomas Kretschmann) to New Zealand but has
quickly discovered he has a wondering eye.
When Katrien's introduced into Pam's social circle, she soon takes Simon's
eye - and the sexual tension in the room could cause an explosion&
It's of note that despite being a Kiwi venture, Separation City has a rather
international cast - its male lead is Australian, its lead actress is English -
in fact Tom Scott has made no secret of the fact they cast the net far and wide
for people to be involved. Mind you the whole film has a distinctive Wellington
feel - as it's shot around parts of the capital and in Parliament - it's a real
ode to the beauty of the city.
There's a lot to admire in Separation City - it has some genuinely funny
laugh out loud lines - most of them courtesy of Les Hill's journalist Harry
whose sardonic - and realistic - approach to life is the perfect tonic for Joel
Edgerton's dreaming would be stray Simon. It does however, fall slightly short
and ends up being simply a reasonable piece of the state of relationships later
on in life.
There's also much mockery of the touchy feely approach to life - a men's
group consisting of a core group of dysfunctional guys provides a lot of the
humour as they bemoan the fact that staying monogamous makes life so difficult
(again Les Hill has the lion's share of the best moments during the groups)
Separation City has some fresh moments and will end up being rabidly loved by
some - it's a grown up comedy which may not hit all the right notes but
certainly has a good go.
Rating: 6/10
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