Fresh and Exciting

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

I stumbled across this title while browsing a streaming network and decided to watch it based initially just on the fact that one of my all time favorite actors (David Thewlis) was in it. The film turned out to be a beautifully shot, well staged story with a well chosen cast. Exhibited was a complex emotional range by all involved which led to an organic, believable and authentic journey into the lives, hearts and minds of the main characters. Having worked for many years in the industry makes me notoriously hard to please and with that being said, this film passed my scrutiny with flying colors.

I had no idea about this film nor what to expect other than I love British movies and the lead actor, David Thewlis. The plot is spellbinding & holds you to every moment. Each actor is brilliant in character. Such a pleasure to see a totally different type of movie instead of these huge epics. Bravo!

I was initially hesitant as the poster was not particularly attractive, but I am glad that I did not judge this book by it's cover.It was quite obvious that this was a piece created for the theatre, and fortunately the actors managed to pull of this filmed version perfectly.It's one of those pieces where each word has a sense, where each movement and each reaction has meaning.JB Priestly understood how to portray society and it's problems down to a tee.This piece/film/play is as pertinent today as it was in it's époque.I thoroughly recommend this film as one of those that at first appears to be a slightly superficial but with some retrospection we are understand how deep it actually descends.Definitely worth watching... I have never read any of JB Priestly works but this has given me the initiative to discover this playwright/author..

In my opinion, this movie adaptation of the famous play 'An Inspector Calls' clearly shows what the author (J.B Priestley) wanted to transmit to the audience: we are all a community and, therefore, we should all care about each other. I think, these values are still relevant for our modern society though this play was written before the Second World War. This lack of social responsibility is the cause of a lot of our actual problems. For example, the Syrian refuges crisis is a clear problem that could be solved, or less important if we were less selfish, and had a bigger community feeling. These ideas are shown through the actors' performance. Ken Scott, for example, who played Mr Birling did a great job, he clearly showed how Priestley would have wanted the film to be. For instance, when there was a fight in power between Mr Birling and the Inspector, he stood up and had both fists on the table. In that moment, he showed that he was trying to seize the floor and by doing this action, he made himself look bigger and angrier. He was trying to intimidate the Inspector, and therefore gain control of the situation. The Inspector (David Thewlis), in the other hand was always firm, he didn't move much and he showed very little compassion with the other characters. In the scene I was talking about earlier, when there was a fight in power between Mr Birling and the Inspector, he uses a different tactic to show that he was the one controlling the situation. He took off his jacket, and sat down at Mr Birling's seat. By doing this, he showed that he was going to stay there for a long time, and taking Mr Birling's chair shows us that he has now gained the control of the situation. Another thing that made this movie great was the flashbacks that showed who Eva Smith was. These were shown after each of the each of the characters told their connection with Eva. These flashbacks makes the film much easier for the audience to get as we understand what happened more clearly in all of the cases and therefore we understand the film/play more.In conclusion, I think this film was very well produced and the hidden message in it is still important for our society.