Down Terrace
Overview
A family on the wrong side of the law has some serious business to attend to in this black comedy from British filmmaker Ben Wheatley. Karl (Robin Hill) followed his father, Bill (Robert Hill), into the family business, which in this case happens to be organized crime, and their occupational hazards become obvious when the two return to the family home after a few days in jail. Bill is convinced that one of their associates has been talking to the police, and whoever it is needs to be silenced as soon as possible, but first they have to figure out who is the snitch. As Karl and Bill ponder the likely suspects as their allies stop by the house to check in on them -- including well-connected Uncle Eric (David Schaal), shady nightclub manager Garvey (Tony Way), crooked politician Councilor Berman (Mark Kempner), and enforcer Pringle (Michael Smiley) -- Karl gets some unexpected news from his girlfriend, Valda (Kerry Peacock), who announces that she's pregnant with his child. Karl isn't certain he's ready for the responsibilities of parenthood, and Bill and his wife, Maggie (Julia Deakin), aren't very excited about being grandparents, but the upcoming addition to the family becomes a secondary concern after Bill decides he's figured out who's the rat in the organization. DOWN TERRACE screened at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Ben Wheatley - Director
Bob Hill
David Schaal
Gareth Tunley
Janet Hill
Kali Peacock
Kerry Peacock
Kitty Blue
Luke Hartney
Mark Kempner
Paul George
Details
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 876964003162
- Genre: COMEDIES
- Rating: R (MPAA)
- Release Date: January 2011
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"DOWN TERRACE is long on talk but generates its own internal rhythms and pace that makes it feel bracing and vibrantly alive." - 10/15/2010 Los Angeles Times
"When DOWN TERRACE gets in a good groove, Wheatley and Hill's dialogue is both funny and pointed..." - 10/14/2010 A.V. Club
"[A] dark and hilarious thwomping of the whole miserabilist British gangster genre. It's an outstanding first feature from filmmaker Ben Wheatley..." -- Grade: A- - 10/27/2010 Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- "[N]pthing and no one is asked to say or do anything they can't make believable, thus everything, even the preposterous, is perfectly plausible if not also hysterical and terribly disturbing." - 10/29/2010 Box Office
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