Boiling Point

SUMMER FILM NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT: This film was amazing and my god, was it good. Everything was just made so well. The selling point of this film is that it is done in one long take, which is the reason I watched this and I’m so happy I did.  Let’s start off with the thing I just mentioned, the camera work. This camera man must have been so happy by the end of this because imagine holding one of those big film cameras for 95 minutes straight. You’d have to have some pretty strong arms for that. Even though this could have just easily been a gimmick, I think it works. It made it feel more personal to us, as if we were supposed to be there because even though no one contacted with us, how the camera worked, it was very human-esc. It also added more character development for the characters, which I thought was great. The acting is amazing, especially from Stephen Graham. It must have been hard acting for 90 minutes straight, and I’m sure when they weren’t on screen they weren’t in character but still, you know what I mean. This was especially hard for someone like Stephen Graham because he was on screen 90% of the time. Shows true acting skill. The characters were also very well fleshed out. Obviously this was helped by the camera work, but they were good anyway. All the characters were shown well, and didn’t feel like useless sides. Obviously the main people were more fleshed out, but that’s a given. The story is simple but great. It’s about a chef that works in a 5 star restaurant and the struggles and hardships of that. It’s simple yet effective. Overall, a brilliantly made film with an awesome gimmick and amazing acting and characters.