Good Manners (2017)
7/10
A Bit Like The Place Beyond the Pines
7 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I'm a bit of a Ryan Gosling fan - so when he disappeared half-way through TPBTP, I felt that the film completely lost momentum. It did recover a bit, but not enough for me.

I felt the same with this film. I really enjoyed the first hour, and I felt that the mother was the most interesting character. Therefore, after the "birth" it was almost as if the film started again, and I really didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much. The nanny/nurse is pretty good throughout, but that wasn't really enough for me.

On the positive side, it's a nicely bonkers story - if pretty familiar by werewolf standards - and there are some deft touches from the supporting cast, such as the organ-playing landlady who of course knows what's going on... but I could have done with a lot less of part two.
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