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Selective Listening (2014)
Most offensive film I've seen in a long time!
I want to try and be fair when writing this review so I'm not just going to berate this film completely because, to be honest, it doesn't deserve that.
With a day off work sick today I've been catching up on the films I've recorded and this one was on London Live a couple of months ago and it sounded different - a bloke with schizophrenia has to fight the voices he hears and social media to make a new friend.
The good: the acting was good, the main guy held the whole thing together well. I could watch the blonde actress for hours on end. It looked good. And it actually made me laugh quite a few times - the way they made fun of social media and the people on it was clever.
The bad: It's quite short. Less than an hour and a half. Not always bad, I guess.
The ugly: THE LANGUAGE! It's not just the swearing (I'm not a prude!) but all the insults that get thrown out by the nastiest of the voices... I couldn't believe it was allowed on TV. Talk about politically incorrect! I'm not easily offended, but wow.
Don't sit and watch it with your kids!