I finally watched this and I wasn't thrilled with it. I did stick with the film, though I paused it many times to do something else. Anyway, the story is depressing - that's the point of the plot, anyway - and having been to Inverness, I can see how there wouldn't be much to do but get up to no good. There's a bit of story somewhere in there, but the message gets lost in all the extraneous things going on and people who's stories you never get to finish. Loads of loose ends left at the end. Overall, though, for a first effort directorial debut, it's not bad. At least Gillan wrote about home and what she probably knows best growing up in Inverness. But the film was too long and seemed to drag on in parts. Some better editing may have helped some.
Review of The Party's Just Beginning
