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Rag Tale [DVD] [2005]

DVD ~ Rupert Graves
1.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Rupert Graves, Malcolm McDowell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bill Paterson, Ian Hart
  • Directors: Mary McGuckian
  • Writers: Mary McGuckian
  • Producers: Mary McGuckian, Douglas Hansen, Garrett McGuckian, James D. Stern, Jeff Abberley
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Metrodome Distribution
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Mar 2006
  • Run Time: 118 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000CZ0O3G
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 68,662 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Comic adventures for a group of journalists working on a newspaper called The Rag. The tabloid reports on scandals and intrigue in a world where the real truth never stops a really good story.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Unwatchable, 21 Jun 2006
Just what was the director on when he created this movie? A great cast, but a completely unwatchable film. The constant zooming and panning makes you feel sick, and it is almost impossible to focus on a specific scene. 5 minutes of trying to follow the camera work and I had to give up and take 2 ibuprofen.

This film is without doubt a disaster.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Unwatchable, 15 Mar 2006
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Great cast, completely unwatchable movie. In fact if it wasn't for the well-known faces we'd have imagined a first-year film student had slipped their first ever experimental demo into the envelope by mistake.The camera constantly zooms in and out and around and about until you feel sick, homes in for irrelevant close-ups on someone's hand etc., then back out again, pointlessly switches from colour to B&W and back again, all for absolutely no reason whatsoever. So far so irritating but it doesn't STOP! It completely ruined it for us and we gave up watching. This bizarre over-use of fancy techniques served no purpose but to distance the viewer from plot and character,
making it impossible to get to grips with what was happening. I can't fathom why on earth the director did this. Watch this only if you're a time-traveller from 1920 and have never seen special film effects, and if you have your motion-sickness pills to hand.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Valid points, 11 Aug 2007
By S. Day (Watford, UK) - See all my reviews
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I recently saw The Hoax, and one of Howard Hughes's ideas (or at least, Clifford Irving's) was to create a crisis for a man, then save him for it, and in so doing, make yourself indispensable. Such is the game-plan of the editor of The Rag, who is faced with losing editorial control (and also his job) as the Chairman decides on a new pro-Monarchy policy, being led by his wife, the current Deputy Editor. This film follows the Fleet Street power struggle, the revelations about the characters and their ultimate consequences.

I agree with other reviewers that the acting is fine, and the script is sharp and economic, although not particularly witty and not played for laughs like The Thick of It, for example. The descriptions on the front of the box: "The Office on Crack", "Brutally Funny" and "An Outstanding Cast in a Classic British Comedy" are completely misplaced--did these reviewers actually watch the film? It's not a comedy.

The camerawork is relentlessly violent with numerous gratuitous black-and-white cutaways and everything hand held. It was so over-the-top, I did have to zone out near the start and treat it like a radio play. The DP should be ashamed of himself. I think the film was trying unsuccessfully to copy the look and feel of The Thick of It. There were also a few Koyaanisqatsi-style inserts, the pace of which was much more pleasing.

I stuck with it in spite of its unpleasant look, and I found it ultimately to be a worthwhile story. The film shows something of the working of the media. If you can stick with it, you may well get something out of it.
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