Tyrannosaur DVD Review

Director: Paddy Considine

Writer: Paddy Considine (Screenplay)

Cast:

Peter Mullan         …      Joseph

Olivia Colman      …      Hannah

Eddie Marsan       …      James

Paul Popplewell   …      Bod

Ned Dennehy       …      Tommy

Samuel Bottomley         …      Samuel

Sally Carman       …      Marie

Sian Breckin         …      Kelly (Samuel’s Mum)

Paul Conway        …      Terry

Lee Rufford …      Lee

Robin Butler        …      Jack

Archie Lal   …      Post Office Cashier

Julia Mallam        …      Dunk Girl

Fiona Carnegie     …      Woman in Charity Shop

Piers Mettrick       …      Man in Pub

Plot: The story of Joseph a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph’s life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own with devastating results on both of their lives. Written by Anonymous 

Review: We remember reading an interview in The Guardian newspaper with Paddy Considine speaking of his new Directorial Debut movie “Tyrannosaur” in which he was concerned about how people would receive it. The fact that it is a film about Domestic Violence behind closed doors but also mindless violence within the outside world, too, could only be taken one of two ways by those that were going to sit down and watch the one and a half hour film.

With anticipation we waited for the release (or pre-release) of this film so that we could give an honest review of the celebrity that we had watched with awe starring in “Dead Man’s Shoe’s”, which is highly rated with the DVD Archive.

Peter Mullan (Trainspotting) and Olivia Colman (Hot Fuzz), along with Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes 1 & 2), give this film the best credit possible for a believable storyline of Domestic Violence and self-fuelled Self-Destruction. In the one and a half hours that this film runs, we see the sudden collision of two lost soul’s living on opposite sides of the fence, while the abusive husband (James) is almost forgotten inside the whirlpool of momentary duel downgrade by Hannah, as she steps inside Joseph’s world. Already in there is Samuel (Samuel Bottomly) the young boy who respects Joseph and who is himself on some outter rim of existence in the eyes of his own Mother, as she takes up with Bod (Paul Popplewell), the Local Wannabe who sports his Bull Mastiff dog at anyone who he feels he is threatened by.

Raw, genuine, sometimes unbelievable in the way that the pure reality that runs through this film shows, gives the believable sense and connection back to the viewer as soon as Joseph and Hannah get together in a scene. Filmed around the appropriate part of Leeds, where I am no stranger to myself of more than 12 years residence, it is “Tyrannosaur” which will have people know exactly what it is like to live basically, and exactly how it feels to have lived a life on the edge of regret, sorrow, burden and mistakes that we all wish we could take back and rectify for the better.

We wish Paddy Considine much success for the future as a Director, as well as an Actor, too, with the powerful and (maybe) controversial contents of this feature which in our eyes resembles nothing more than “Real Life”. A peek into the lives of what really happens behind the doors of Domestic Violence victims, as well as the “Real” problems that are happening on our streets, in our towns and in our very cities on a daily basis.

If your liking of “Real Life Drama” is ripe and the yearning for something fresh and new is calling out to you, then this is the film to rent or buy on DVD. It is not teeming with special effects, nor is it a “Softly-Softly” film that would have any man or woman to sit down and have a cosy night in on the sofa. This is Drama at its very best, and the best Drama we have seen for a long while.

DVD Archive Rating: 9/10

Additional Information:

Rated: 18

Genres: Drama

Official Website: None Given

Budget: None Given/National Lottery Funded

Opening Weekend: Opening Weekend: $7,635 (USA) (20 November 2011) (5 Screens)

Gross: Gross: $7,635 (USA) (20 November 2011)

Runtime: USA: 91 min

Filming Locations: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

© Marcus De Storm 2011

Tyrannosaur 2011 (Official Trailer)