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The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael
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The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael

Rob Dixon, Danny Dyer & Michael Howe

Customer rating on The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael: 1.5 out of 5 stars ( 11 customer ratings )

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Special Features

 

  • Film notes
  • Theatrical trailer

Review

 

Three teenage boys are led into violence and temptation on a journey that will shock their sleepy community yet also express its deepest jealousies and divisions.

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael is a brutal and unflinchingly honest portrayal of life in a post-9/11 world. Filmed in long stylised takes, the narrative is elliptical and poetic, yet infused with a dark and ironic wit.

Customer Reviews

 

Customer rating on The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael: 1.5 out of 5 stars

Average rating (11 reviews)

Customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars AVOID THIS FILM AT ALL COSTS! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

jmw2904 | 04/09/2008 | See all jmw2904's reviews (8) »

Not recommended, terrible awful film and an unnecessary brutal ending which is really upsetting, please avoid!!

Customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars Absolute Rubbish !!!

sickboy101 | 01/08/2008 | See all sickboy101's reviews (11) »

I wasn't sure what to expect from this film but the reviews on the front made it look interesting. I was watching it with my friend and we were thinking it might be something like Kidulthood (which is a good film) but nothing happened and up until the last 10 minutes it was nothing but teenagers walking around talking. The last 10 minutes didn't make it interesting it just made it worse. Overall I think I'd rather watch grass grow.

Customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars JimmyPaperz

PapaDiddy1 | 05/03/2008 | See all PapaDiddy1's reviews (2) »

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael.... On the front cover they mention A Clockwork Orange. Seriously, this movie should not be mentioned in the same breath as A Clockwork. Nothing paricularly intriguing about the movie. It is slow, fairly mundane and dull to be honest. The violence in the closing scene is certainly extreme but seems to have been thrown in simply for shock value. I'm not going to say that the closing scene should have been cut because I am against censorship. However, it does seem a little mindless. If you want an exhilarating movie with edgey storylines, interesting charcters and plenty of violence then try Natural Born Killers (Directors Cut) and A Clockwork. They are in a different league compared to this work.

Technical Details

 

Rob Dixon, Danny Dyer, Michael Howe, Ami Instone, Stuart Laing, Lesley Manville, Charles Mnene, Daniel Spencer, Miranda Wilson & Ryan Winsley

Thomas Clay

18 years and over

2005

Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic

English - Dolby Digital (5.1) ; DTS ; Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo

English for the hearing impaired

1 hour and 36 minutes (approx)

Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

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