Following
Cast
Jeremy Theobald .... Bill
Alex Haw .... Cobb
Lucy Russell .... The Blonde
John Nolan .... The Policeman
Dick Bradsell .... The Bald Guy
Directed by
Christopher Nolan
Rater #2 has description and review.
Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie
Rater #2
7/10. If Christopher Nolan had made Memento before Following, then all of
the flaws in Following would have been corrected. In Memento, Nolan
constructed the switches in time perfectly. We were able to tell when
it was the past, when it's current, etc. However, Nolan experimented
with it a little, and it just doesn't work. Although he had a small
budget and couldn't use color (which is one way Memento worked), it
was just too hard to distinguish between time. On the DVD is a
feature that allows you to play the scenes in chronological order. I
intended to write my review after watching it, so hopefully it would
make more sense, but, of course, it wasn't working.
You can't blame Nolan for not coming up with original ideas. A young
man, Bill (Jeremy Theobald), is bored, so he decides to follow random
people on the street. He finds one, Cobb (Alex Haw), that
particularly interests him. Soon, Bill becomes friends with Cobb and
goes with him as he breaks into houses and robs them. Then, a saucy
young blond (Lucy Russell) enters, and the movie becomes even weirder
from there.
The ending of Following is one of the most shocking endings I've
seen. Sure, Fight Club had an amazing ending, but the way that
Following's ending played out was amazing. I felt like someone had
smacked me on the head and given me a concussion. Nolan has a thing
for making good endings (well, maybe not, I could guess Insomnia's
from a mile away), and can really construct a great story. Following
may not be the easiest to follow or look at, but it's such a finely
crafted, original story with a shocker ending that you'll probably
want to watch all of its 70 minutes again.
Rater #3
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #4
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rated R for language and some violence.
Running time: 69 minutes
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