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Pretty much unlike anything else.
Someone I read somewhere mentioned Hou Hsiao-Hsien in reference to this film, and with good reason. Like many of the films of that fine director, Terence Davies' "The Long Day Closes" revels in unbelievably long takes and scenes that don't so much further a narrative as establish a sense of routine and rhythm. In fact, I'm not convinced I could make out any plot to speak of at all. There's something impressive about this. "The Long Day Closes" is a 'coming-of-age film' without any great traumas, without dead bodies, without pre-teen sexual experiences, without domestic abuse, and without any violence enacted on animals. Its just sort of a pleasant portrait. That's a good thing, and sets the film pretty much in a class all its own (though the film's almost five-minute-long unmoving close-up of the pattern of the carpet pretty much sets this film apart from everything else already). But for some reason "The Long Day Closes," which is a real formal wonder, fell flat for me. It wasn't so much the lack of drama, or the lack of narrative focus, but the unfortunate combination of the two. A film like Lynne Ramsey's "Ratcatcher" has a bit more oomph. More than that though, I think "Ratcatcher" just has more to say. The real failing of "The Long Day Closes" is not Davies' formal approach (that's near golden) or narrative style, but the fact the film just doesn't seem to have anything to say and is totally lacking in compelling content. And maybe that's not so terrible a thing, really. Its not ever an unpleasant ride. I wish I'd seen this film on the big screen. I have a hunch I would've liked it more in that setting. But watching this film at home I was impressed but ultimately fairly bored.

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Moving Pictures
It is as though someone breathed life into a painting. This gorgeous film is what Angela's Ashes wanted to be.

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Memorable Film Making
In the same vein as "The Secret Garden", "My life as a Dog", and even "Simon Birch". Excellent story telling and top notch performances with great cinematography. Just wish it was on DVD. Great fun that comes highly reccomended. And best of all, its from England so no subtitles or annoying overdubs!