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DVD ~ Jamie Bell
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  • Actors: Jamie Bell, Ciaran Hinds, Jamie Sives, Maurice Roeves, Claire Forlani
  • Directors: David Mackenzie
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
  • DVD Release Date: 4 Feb 2008
  • Run Time: 96 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000Z9ED40
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,174 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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HALLAM FOE marks actor Jamie Bell's fist starring role in a British film since he rose to prominence in 2000's award-winning BILLY ELLIOT. Bell stars as Hallam, a young man that suspects that his stepmother may have had a hand in the sudden death of his biological mother. Fleeing the family home, Hallam takes up residence upon the rooftops of Edinburgh, it's not long before he is drawn into a voyeuristic obsession with a young woman who shares more than a passing resemblance to his mother...

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4.0 out of 5 stars Weird but watchable, 7 Dec 2007
By Dr. George L. Sik (Epsom, Surrey) - See all my reviews
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This is probably Jamie Bell's first leading role since Billy Elliott (he has done some interesting character acting in between in films as huge as King Kong) and his acting is the best thing in it. To say be plays a peculiar little perve doesn't do him justice, but, in the end, it's difficult to relay in any other way what this film's about.

This is one of those films where you simply have no idea where it's heading: it starts off as though it's going to be a dark psychological thriller that is bound to end in tragedy, but somewhere along the line it transmutes into something a bit more quirky and whimsical - it wouldn't be too far off to bracket it as a romantic comedy.

It's the story of a troubled young man who becomes a voyeur, clambering around the roofs of Edinburgh and spying through skylights. If films about strange people are your cup of tea, you'll love it. As a character study, it's intriguing...though at times not completely believable.

Definitely worth having a look at, but tricky to pin down.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Certainly quirky and inventive, 13 Feb 2008
By Julie Cutler (Sheffield) - See all my reviews
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Hallam Foe(the unusual name of the central character) is a tale of a troubled grieving teenager living out a classic Freudian Oedipal fantasy. Complete with a wicked Stepmother and the girl of his dreams who just happens to resemble his dead mother (the object of his desires obligingly puts on the deceased's dress at one point), we're definitely not in Kansas anymore. Did Mummy top herself or did the wicked stepmother kill her on the path to Daddy's wealth? Hallam is driven out of his rural lost boys world to scrape a living on the roofs of Edinburgh, continuing his obsessions with spying on the world and sneaking into houses (for goodness sake does nobody fit deadlocks or velux blinds?)

I'm not sure how well the book was translated to the screen- as it's set mostly on the rooftops of Edinburgh I would have fitted it into the quirky Scottish genre inhabited by Iain Banks' "The Wasp Factory", or Irving Welsh's "Trainspotting". The online biographies of the author Peter Jinks just place him as living in Sicily with nothing of his formative background. Certainly the adaptation strives to fit the tale into that inventive offbeat Scottish genre.

Unfortunately the abrupt consequence free ending made me reinterpret all the previous flights of fancy as a misogynistic indulgence. Is the idea just to damn the stepmother and the love interest as rampant tarts and the men as their manipulated fools?

However Jamie Bell was convincing in the unusual role. He still likes to demonstrate the athleticism of a grown up Billy Eliot as he leaps up the chimney stacks. And my, Mr Bell, you have been working out- very impressive in the buff! As films go, it was a cut above the current popcorn fodder.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Hallam Troubled ..., 8 Jan 2008
As the previous reviews suggest this is a difficult film to categorise as it simply doesn't know what message it is trying to convey. Is it a psychological thriller? Or is it a study of loneliness and bereavement? Or is it a romance? In many ways it is all of the above as the film explores young Hallam, a troubled, bereaved teenager who is struggling to come to terms with his mother's death. Hallam's behaviour alienates himself through spying, and talent for breaking and entering people's homes, and after an altercation with his stepmother whom he suspects of killing his biological mother, he takes off for the bright lights of Edinburgh. It is here that he develops a fixation and infatuation with the young human resources manager who gives him a job in a hotel. As someone who knows Edinburgh very well it was lovely to see the beautiful city utilized to all its cinematic potential. Particularly striking are the scenes where Hallam navigates the roof tops of the city's old town as he spies on the HR manager. Certainly a film about a peeping Tom is an unnerving and uncomfortable premise, and the treatment of the women as objects held under the male gaze makes it difficult to fully sympathise with Hallam. However ultimately as this is a character study you do come to understand the reasons behind Hallam's behaviour however irrational they might be. This is viewing that will challenge and provoke conflicting opinions: some have loved it, others have hated it. To its credit Jamie Bell does an excellent job as a character that in the hands of a less sensitive actor might have been reduced to a perverted creep. Claire Forlani is also particularly good as Hallam's beautiful, icy stepmother. One word of warning: the ease with which Hallam unpicks the locks of his victim's home is extremely unnerving, and may induce sleepless nights ... Lets hope its not so easy to do this in real life!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Hallam Foe
I bought the DVD for Hallam Foe because I wanted to see what Jamie Bell was like as an actor following his memorable performance as Billy Elliot. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mike Crow

4.0 out of 5 stars Bell & Edinburgh, in a different light
This is Bell's first leading role since Billy Elliot - and he carries it off in what can only be described as an off-the-wall offering. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jordan Dias

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad At All
I wont go into describing what the film is about as everybody else has done this in their reviews already. Read more
Published 4 months ago by milesfb

4.0 out of 5 stars If you loved Billy Elliot...more suprises from Jamie Bell
Jamie Bell proves he is more than a one hot number in this innovative film exploring some dark issues. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Keith Winestein

4.0 out of 5 stars "It's time to fly the nest..."
A young man is bitter about the suicide of his mother and isolates himself by sleeping in a tree house and spying on people whilst convincing himself that there's more to his... Read more
Published 5 months ago by DangermouseZilla

3.0 out of 5 stars An Above Average Indie
Jamie Bell plays Hallam, a messed up teenager living in Scotland with voyeuristic tendencies. It's a year after his beloved mother's suicide. Read more
Published 6 months ago by willow

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Badger!
Hallam Foe is a quirky movie exploring the emotional difficulties experienced by a teenage boy after the untimely and suspicious death of his mother. Read more
Published 6 months ago

3.0 out of 5 stars Wasn't sure when I watched it - but I'm still thinking about it ...
... so it can't be bad, and it isn't. In fact, it's quite good.

It's an odd film though. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tonkfan

3.0 out of 5 stars Jamie Bell comes of age
It's very refreshing to see a British actor who isn't churning out movie after movie on the Hollywood conveyor belt. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Rocky McShanty

4.0 out of 5 stars Impresive home grown talent in a very good film
This film keeps you watching to the very end and never bores. The story line is continuous and acting is on the whole very good. Read more
Published 13 months ago by A. Upton

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