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Good concept, poorly executed.

Awesome Movie

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Loved this film until the bus accident, I couldn't take it seriously after that. A bus knocks somebody down and kills them in the UK for every 27 million miles travelled. How likely is it that somebody as meticulous as John May would be standing there at the time? 66% of people in the UK don't believe in ghosts, so like me they won't buy into the final scene. Take the ghosts away and all you are left with is a cruel irony, a lonely man spends his life trying to get people to care enough to go to the funerals of other socially isolated people who died alone, probably because of his fear of this happening to him, and then nobody goes to his. I watched a beautifully acted, nuanced, poignant film for 1 hour 20 minutes followed by a load of rubbish for the last 10 minutes. Don't think I've ever been so disappointed by the ending of a film.

It's difficult to find a film that touches many of the emotions that this one does. Billed as a comedy drama, I'm not sure that fits. There is drama and there is comedy, but not in any extreme way.The story is quaint. John May is a detective, but not in the usual sense: he is tasked by the local borough council to find relatives of deceased residents of the council. Eddie Marsden plays a dedicated, humble employee of the council who provides people with one last opportunity for dignity, by arranging their funeral - until one day he is told by his boss that he is no longer needed and has one last 'case' to investigate. Thus he is sent on one final quest - to find the relatives of Billy Stoke.It is a film about death, but it is not morbid. The film has a meandering pace, although this is not a criticism. The scenes unfold as if one were pausing to take in the enormity of what we are seeing, as if we were at a funeral observing, for the first time, the life being celebrated.However, what really excels is the way that all the elements of film-making work together to make this an enjoyable watch. The cinematography (I'm reminded of those great movies from the 1950s), the screen writing, the Art Direction, music, sound, all add to what is a well directed piece from a veteran of the cinema. There's a lovely subtle dialogue exchange in the morgue about a Dodo - you need to watch this to get it - that expresses so well the understated yet genius nature of this film.If you love Transformers, you'll hate this movie. I love this film. Each viewing reveals information that was missed. It's one, I should think, I shall watch a good number of times.

I loved the humanity the main character brought to the screen. I know so few people like that in real life. Yet he lacked any personal life outside of his work. Literally nothing. Hard to fathom. Just when I thought the story would become predictable, ya got punch in the gut and gasped. The potential romance development seem also a stretch. I would have like to see more development of their relationship where she became attracted to his compassionate sensitivity and humanity.Such as painful contrast at the end. It was depressing. I loved it.Still Life to me meant how non dimensional our lives are without connections to others.

Brilliant, emotional, thought-provoking movie.The story of a man whose job it is to trace the relatives and friends of deceased people. A dour, methodical, deliberate man, the movie deals mostly with a particular case of his, and the effect it has on him and other people concerned.From the start the movie makes you think about loneliness and mortality, in particular your own, and what you leave behind. Emotional too, in that you see how people are affected by other people's lives.Despite all this, the movie seemed to be heading for a predictable and possibly lacklustre ending. However, the final few scenes are among the most powerful, emotional and thought-provoking I've ever seen. Certainly not predictable.Superb work by Eddie Marsan in the lead role. He was perfect for the role. Good support from Joanne Froggatt.An understated masterpiece.