Most critics stopped asking the question “do we really need a remake of … ” long ago, given the answer was invariably “no!” The latest remake nobody asked for reworks Adrian Lyne’s 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction, about a New York lawyer (Michael Douglas) obsessively stalked by a jilted lover (Glenn Close). Honourable mentions: Leave No Trace (film, 1 May), Sex, Lies and Videotape (film, 1 May), Peggy Sue Got Married (film, 5 May), Oliver! (film, 5 May), Body Double (film, 12 May), The Big Chill (film, 12 May), The Bridge on the River Kwai (film, 12 May), The Age of Innocence (film, 12 May), Blue Lights (TV, 18 May), Normal People (TV, 25 May), The Night Logan Woke Up (TV, 25 May), History of the Sitcom (TV, 31 May). But Marder avoids familiar territory by introducing the protagonist’s past (he’s a recovering addict) and a clinic that helps people deal with hearing loss.Īhmed delivers a terrific, unfaltering performance, and the sound design cleverly takes us inside the head of the protagonist with audio effects applied in very interesting ways. I’ve never seen a film about hearing loss as captivating as Darius Marder’s drama about Ruben (Riz Ahmed), a punk-metal drummer who is going deaf and is instructed by a doctor to avoid all loud noises.
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