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Two fractured souls. A million blinding lights.
A story set in the north English seaside town of Blackpool and centered on two kindred spirits who form an unlikely friendship.
Away
2016 Directed by David Blair
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22 Jun 2016
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This could have been proper misery porn, but the sheer beauty of its hopeful story in a hopeless place, tremendous acting across the board and how it explored numerous serious themes with dignity really helped to elevate it above the countless other bleakathons.
There were several scenes that were so gorgeous and complimented with such appropriate music choices that it genuinely cheered me up. Good old Blackpool, the Vegas of the north indeed.
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Can Hayley Squires stop going through hell in films please? She had to endure it in I, Daniel Blake and she endures it again here in Away. So, in her next role, can she have some happiness for a change?
I was sold on this by the cast and the setting of Blackpool, the northern seaside resort that's approximately an hour away from me and the place I stayed for many a holiday as a child. I wasn't totally sure what to expect from Away beyond a spring and autumn odd couple style story. That's certainly what's being sold in the poster, which sees a tux-wearing Timothy Spall next to a sullen looking Juno Temple appearing somewhat out of her…
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Away is a film which has a lot going for it. Set in a wintery Blackpool, this drama focuses on the friendship between widower Joseph (Timothy Spall) and Rita (Juno Temple). a prostitute on the run from her violent pimp. Both characters are trying to escape from the harsh reality of their lives. Joseph is a widower who doesn't want to go on after his wife's death. Rita wishes to ecape from her troubled life on the streets .
Well made film with moving performances. -
Can't really fault the performances which are compelling, lived in, emotional and truthful depictions of these people. But the writing often borders on melodramatic and chooses cliché devices to forward the narrative. Although the shuffled nature of it is used to good effect at times by cleverly revealing details to illuminate the storytelling experience, it is more often than not a hindrance to the pacing and pathos.
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It’s weird and long, and I have no idea what order anything happened in but it’s beautiful and sad and well made.
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I really wanted to like this tale about two misfits who find friendship in Blackpool, but despite fine acting from suicidal widower Timothy Spall and runaway drug dealer Juno Temple, their story just doesn't ring true.
Blackpool is presented as unrelentlessly bleak, miserable and gloomy, even when the illuminations kick in. The one saving grace is a scene in the majestic ballroom but that comes far too late. This is a look into a grimy world with little to recommend it, and no chance of escape.
Away had so much potential but I felt the characters had little chemistry, the threat to their lives was a stretch to believe, and much of the film was a bore to watch.
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“Juno Temple and Timothy Spall deliver terrific performances in this misery-drenched seaside drama that struggles to overcome its frustrating structure.”
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A suicidal widower and a abused young women strike up a unlikely friendship while in Blackpool escaping there demons, Decent Brit thriller
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The timeline is very messy but this movie is so beautiful aesthetically and emotionally and juno temple is just the most charming person alive it's true it's true