The Selfish Giant

The Selfish Giant (2013-10-25)

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  • Status: Released
  • Runtime: 91m
  • Popularity: 1.7177
  • Language: en
  • Budget: $0
  • Revenue: $12,189
  • Vote Average: 7.274
  • Vote Count: 232





  • r96sk

    Very much enjoyed this, from a film point of view of course given the dark and saddening tone of the story. <em>'The Selfish Giant'</em> is a gritty drama involving two kids who get mixed up in the wrong world. At the beginning I was worried it was going to turn into a cliché-filled, overly stereotypical tale of less well-off families. It does in small doses, but feels legitimate for the majority. Cast-wise it isn't amazing, though it's impossible not to give praise to youngsters Conner Chapman (Arbor) and Shaun Thomas (Swiftly) as they give very respectable performances, especially when taking into account the tricky nature of role and premise. Sean Gilder is good as Kitten, while some of the others are solid enough. It's both impactful and heartbreaking, especially across the third act. Recommended viewing.

  • griggs79

    _The Selfish Giant_ is an interesting watch—gritty, heartfelt, and beautifully shot, with powerful performances from its young leads. There’s a rawness to it that feels authentic, and the friendship at its centre is touching in that bruised, kitchen-sink way. But as much as I wanted to be moved, something about it felt a bit… manipulative. Like it knew exactly how to push the poverty-porn buttons. It lingers on the hardship in a way that sometimes feels more exploitative than empathetic. I admired the craft, but I left it feeling more wrung out than enriched. Worth seeing, but not life-changing.

  • CinemaSerf

    “Arbor” (Conner Chapman) is a bit of a tearaway who’s on medication that his elder brother frequently sells and hates going to school. His best mate is “Swifty” (Shaun Thomas) - a gentle giant of a boy, and the two are inseparable. When a brawl at school sees the former excluded permanently and his pal for a fortnight, they decide to turn their heads to scrap collection. A perilous business where much of what they are collecting is still connected to the live electricity supply, but there’s money to be made from unscrupulous merchant “Kitten” (Sam Gelder) and once they’ve a few quid in their pockets, then they just want more. These lads aren’t frivolous kids, they want to use their newfound cash to help their mothers stave off the debt collectors but that’s a never-ending cycle that causes them to take greater risks and get deeper embroiled in a business that is ruthless and uncaring. “Swifty” also has a penchant for horses, and when “Kitten” needs a racing driver for his cart horse “Diesel” this young lad proves to be a natural, but with his friend becoming jealous of his new affections and increasingly more reckless the friend’s relationship starts to become strained. Auteur Clio Bernard has created something gritty and revealing here and the two lads deliver really strongly, especially Chapman, as their travails tell us a story of want, enterprise and even a bit of greed. It’s also quite a potently photographed look at a dangerous, even brutal, sub-culture that thrives in plain sight but that is almost Dickensian in nature to watch unfold.



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""
MAIL_PORT
"465"
MAIL_USERNAME
""
MAIL_PASSWORD
""
MAIL_ENCRYPTION
"ssl"
CAPTCHA_ENABLED
"false"
RECAPTCHA_ENABLED
"false"
NOCAPTCHA_SECRET
""
NOCAPTCHA_SITEKEY
""
GOOGLE_RECAPTCHA_KEY
""
GOOGLE_RECAPTCHA_SECRET
""
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