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The Cement Garden

Charlotte Gainsbourg (Actor), Andrew Robertson (Actor), Andrew Birkin (Director) | Rated: NR (Not Rated) | Format: DVD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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A bizarre and compelling story of family secrets based on the novel by Ian McEwan (who also wrote the novel upon which The Comfort of Strangers is based), this British film tells the complex tale of four children who conspire to hide their dead mother's body to avoid being split apart and sent to an orphanage. Their deception works for a while, as they become a self-sufficient family unit. Soon, however, mistrust and a deeply antagonistic relationship between the older siblings rife with sexual overtones, as well as a snooping suitor with designs on the older sister, threaten to destroy their well-constructed facade. Adapted and directed by Andrew Birkin, this offbeat film is disturbing but a riveting find for anyone interested in new discoveries from the world of international film. --Robert Lane

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5.0 out of 5 stars The film itself is what really matters., Jan 25 2004
This review is from: The Cement Garden (DVD)
The DVD version was transferred from a tape rather than from a film print; tell by the image quality. There isn't much behind the scene stuff either besides a few slides of texts.
Still, I gave a 5 stars rating because not many films can pull off controversial topics like "The Cement Garden." I bought the DVD because I loved the film so, and that's all it matters.
For art film lovers, it might be worth collecting.
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4.0 out of 5 stars quality of reality is been revealed in this brits films, July 4 2003
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Karel Ramaphosa (johannesburg, gauteng South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cement Garden (DVD)
there are some stories based as true from this brittish movies.this movie is shocking and the way it disturbs may take you for a while to try and understand why(can this happen in real life?)this is one and the same acting you watch in (the war zone,the snapper and eye of the needle)i am a fan of every movie with good acting all over the world,but this brittish movies does really hypnotise you slowly until what can sometimes happen in real life is revealed.the cement garden is one of those films which has this aunthentic and even compelling dark stories.even here in africa where i belong(there are most shocking stories of incest taboo)but this one was well depicted in its genre.i think is watchable on dvd.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb acting; grim story, Sep 13 2002
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L. Massaar "Len Massaar" (Vancouver, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cement Garden (DVD)
It's a small wonder that this film was ever made, given the controverial nature of the original book. If you've read the book by McEwan, you'll appreciate how faithfully they have stuck to the story. I won't give it away or re-tell what's available elsewhere, but this film is a superbly acted version (by a very young cast) of a grim story (incest, death, family secrets) that is interesting to contemplate.
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