Hearing voices can be murder.
A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.
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Contemporary, spare, intimate and character-led.
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- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- mattwilde123on TMDB · Mar 20178/10
'The Voices' is a very dark comedy from graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi. It tells the story of a man named Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) who works in a bathtub factory. Jerry continuously sees a psychiatrist (Jacki Weaver) as he tries to live a normal life whilst dealing with his mental afflictions. He decides to pursue his office crush (Gemma Arterton) but soon finds himself in a murderous situation when she fails to reciprocate his advances. Jerry's schizophrenia means that he hears voices specifically from his pets who give him help and advice. Satrapi directs the piece with a surprisingly heartfelt and empathetic way. The lack of colour and light (such as when Jerry is on his limiting medication) contrast really well with the scenes where the main character is free and feels at peace. There are very graphic scenes of murder which highlight the brutality of his actions reminding the audience of the morality of Jerry's actions. The music is also very fitting and turns drastically into a horror-themed score when the drama switches. The screenplay is funny in a lot of places. Before I watched the film, I thought I would find similarities with HBO's 'Dexter' as it deals with a likeable kil
Read the whole review on TMDB - Narateon TMDB · Jan 20257/10
"_Being alone in the world is the root of all suffering._" I appreciate that Ryan found his way to make blockbusters, but I would love to see him make a few more movies like this. It is funny, but dark, and some reveals that are pretty smart.
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Cast
- Ryan ReynoldsJerry Hickfang / Mr. Whiskers (voice) / Bosco (voice) / Deer (voice) / Bunny Monkey (voice)
- Gemma ArtertonFiona
- Anna KendrickLisa
- Jacki WeaverDr. Warren
- Ella SmithAlison
- Paul ChahidiDennis Kowalski
- Stanley TownsendSheriff Weinbacher
- Adi ShankarJohn
- Sam SpruellDave
- Valerie KochJerry's Mother
Crew
- Marjane SatrapiDirector
- Michael R. PerryWriter
- Maxime AlexandreDirector of Photography
- Olivier BernetOriginal Music Composer
- Stéphane RocheEditor
- Spencer SilnaProducer
- Matthew RhodesProducer
- Roy LeeProducer
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