Shorty’s Film Reviews

185 Films have been rated or reviewed by Shorty.

Savage Innocents, The (1960): Well–meaning tosh in which 'eskimo' are depicted as giggling children. However, one glorious location shot of walruses stands out.
Zone of Interest, The (2023): Shocking in the best sense.; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
My Old School (2022): Sad, fascinating example of the kind of rabbit hole the human mind can go down.
Translators, The (Les Traducteurs) (2020): The James Bond–Agatha Christie–Marcel Proust vibe makes for a load of fun.; DVD $29.95
Stunt Man, The (1980): Wizard idea for a satire on moviemaking! Pity about the self–indulgent script.
Effie Gray (2014): Victorian sexual repression in some sumptuous settings. A bit pedestrian in the telling.
Grow Your Own (The Allotment) (2007): "I wasn't dead. I was in Leicester."
Taste of Honey, A (1961): Love and prejudice set against some magnificently grim backdrops of post–war northern England towns. Originally banned in NZ says Wikipedia!
In Their Own Words - British Novelists (2010)
Judgement at Nuremberg (1961): Having a big–name Hollywood cast – fine as they all are – distracts a little from the serious heft of the movie.