Spider

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Watched With: Dominic

Awesome David Cronenberg film from a few years back, one that seemed to slip under most peoples radar. Most people think it's going to be a creature feature or some kind of horror film but it couldn't be further from that.

Ralph Fiennes hardly says a word throughout except some barley comprehensible mumbling and it's one of the most compelling performances I've seen. All the women in his life keep turing into Miranda Richardson. Not a bad problem to have, but the confusion can lead to some devastating consequences.

This film, better than any other takes you right into the mind of a very sick person, not evil mind you, just someone with a very distorted view of reality. It's a very slow burn, we follow him as he returns back to the town where he grew up and reawakens the memories of his childhood.

It takes quite a while to get into but once you start figuring out how the memories and reality shifts you can start to piece together the events it's riveting and heartbreaking.

This is a great film by a great director and he shoots it brilliantly. It's a smaller film and not as fantastic or loud as some of his others but a definite must for fan's who have missed this along the way.