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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 288599" data-attributes="member: 23">Pond Life (2019)

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I fancied a nice gentle matinee today and this ticked that box... and so many more.

Imagine Phil Redmond reimagining Last Of The Summer Wine with a cast of young unknowns and you&#039;re halfway to Pond Life.

It&#039;s a truly beautiful film. Nostalgic, but without the schmaltz (despite the twenty five year gap, I find it terribly strange to think of 1994 as a period setting).

It goes for the heart, but sometimes does so via the throat, capturing everyday life in a way that&#039;s tangibly relatable. It&#039;s kind of how I imagine the UK soaps would be today were they still strictly doing what early Corrie - or even early Brookie - did:&nbsp; letting us spend time with flawed, fragile and real people just doing their thing. Which often amounts to doing not much at all. There&#039;s no plot-driven sturm und drang, which makes the small things seem more important and valuable.

It helped that there were not many familiar faces, apart a couple in small-ish roles (including two from Corrie: Hayley and Shelley the runaway bride barmaid). It&#039;s full of terrifically natural performances from even the youngest actors.

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[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 288599, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Pond Life[/SIZE][/B] (2019) [IMG width="578px"]https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7ed879eaa3d25e7d90b0488496657938b506eb8b/0_156_2560_1536/master/2560.jpg?width=620&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=cd69bc6779aa25f335de81f450959387[/IMG][IMG]https://www.top10films.co.uk/img/pond-life-1-2019.jpg[/IMG] I fancied a nice gentle matinee today and this ticked that box... and so many more. Imagine[I] Phil Redmond [/I]reimagining[I] Last Of The Summer Wine[/I] with a cast of young unknowns and you're halfway to [I]Pond Life[/I]. It's a truly beautiful film. Nostalgic, but without the schmaltz (despite the twenty five year gap, I find it terribly strange to think of 1994 as a period setting). It goes for the heart, but sometimes does so via the throat, capturing everyday life in a way that's tangibly relatable. It's kind of how I imagine the UK soaps would be today were they still strictly doing what early [I]Corrie[/I] - or even early [I]Brookie[/I] - did: letting us spend time with flawed, fragile and real people just doing their thing. Which often amounts to doing not much at all. There's no plot-driven sturm und drang, which makes the small things seem more important and valuable. It helped that there were not many familiar faces, apart a couple in small-ish roles (including two from [I]Corrie[/I]: Hayley and Shelley the runaway bride barmaid). It's full of terrifically natural performances from even the youngest actors. [MEDIA=youtube]yuOkZ5t0qJU[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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