★★★★☆ One of the twelve nominees for this year's Sutherland Award at the BFI London Film Festival (and surely a strong contender), Mark Jackson's minimalist debut Without certainly doesn’t lack emotion and intensity beneath its slow-burning exterior, and welcomes a new emerging talent in the face of Joslyn Jensen.
Newcomer Jensen is endlessly watchable as a recent college graduate isolated on a small, Washington State island community as she cares for Frank (Ron Carrier), a catatonic, wheelchair-bound old man, whilst his family are away. Before leaving, his controlling family run through a number of ridiculous rules and regulations for Joslyn to adhere to, most relating to the television's volume and channel controls, or the fact that knives should never be placed in the dishwasher.
Once alone - and without reception or wi-fi signal for her smartphone - Joslyn spends the majority of her day feeding and cleaning Frank, exercising or...
Newcomer Jensen is endlessly watchable as a recent college graduate isolated on a small, Washington State island community as she cares for Frank (Ron Carrier), a catatonic, wheelchair-bound old man, whilst his family are away. Before leaving, his controlling family run through a number of ridiculous rules and regulations for Joslyn to adhere to, most relating to the television's volume and channel controls, or the fact that knives should never be placed in the dishwasher.
Once alone - and without reception or wi-fi signal for her smartphone - Joslyn spends the majority of her day feeding and cleaning Frank, exercising or...
- 10/14/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
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