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    Shame

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    Kudos to Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan and the director for a powerful movie! I have seen at least one film of Fassbender's previously and another is on the way. He is a truly an outstanding performer and gave a bold, and intense reality of sexual addiction. This is something I have rarely seen on the big screen. The film was well done, starting with what seemed to be a slow and perhaps pornographic entry into the story. However, as the story unfolds, some hints to the siblings' painful childhood are illuded to. The heartbreaking and gripping story of two siblings, haunted by a tortuous past, one of which reveals little details, is portrayed by brilliant performers who now are scarred in their current life; wounded by their memories and who they have become. As Cissy says, "We are not bad people, we just came from a bad place." This outstanding and brave picture, although not full of the typical Hollywood hype, thank goodness, accomplished so well, the reality of two broken spirits and it did this by mere silence, few words and non-verbal looks of sadness, hopelessness, frustration, rage, despair and emptiness. At the end when I truly feel that the entire reality is just too much for Michael (Brandon) to bear, and he is crying out for help, not knowing what to do, where to turn and how it all got so messed up, I too wanted to rush to him and say, "go and get some help, both of you, for you desperately need fixing."

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    elwalker48@  28.12.2011 age: 50+ 59 reviews

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