{"id":2166,"date":"2020-06-05T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/judy-punch-movie-review\/"},"modified":"2020-06-05T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:06:00","slug":"judy-punch-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/judy-punch-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"#Judy & Punch Movie Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Judy & Punch<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\u201cJudy & Punch\u201d is about a megalomaniac, self-aggrandizing con man whose primary motivation is riling up his audiences so he can bask in their adoration and app<\/a>lause. He is merciless in the verbal and emotional abuse he inflicts upon the people he supposedly loves, and he has the sociopathic tendency of believing his own lies to justify his horrific actions.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve had enough of that personality type over the past several years, you\u2019ll be forgiven for feeling apprehensive about \u201cJudy & Punch.\u201d But the debut feature from Australian writer\/director Mirrah Foulkes eventually provides enough of a revenge fantasy to satisfy, even if the road there is a bit windy and bumpy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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The actress-turned-filmmaker offers an intriguingly anachronistic take on the origin of the traditional British Punch and Judy puppet shows, mixing influences ranging from a Leonard Cohen song to one of the most famous lines from \u201cGladiator\u201d within its 17th-century setting. Even the fact that the film takes place in a rustic village called Seaside\u2014which we\u2019re told in an opening title card is somewhere in the countryside, nowhere near the sea\u2014is an early indication of its playfully surreal tone.<\/p>\n

Within this scruffy yet scenic locale, puppeteers Punch (Damon Herriman) and Judy (Mia Wasikowska) pack in rowdy crowds for their rollicking shows. But it doesn\u2019t take long for us to recognize that the male puppet flailing upon the female in the name of laughs is a theatrical manifestation of the couple\u2019s real-life dynamic. Backstage, when Judy asks Punch whether the act is turning too violent, he responds cheerily: \u201cThey like punchy and they like smashy.\u201d Punch can be charismatic but he\u2019s also an unreliable, raging narcissist; Judy, meanwhile, is not only the true talent behind the operation, she\u2019s also doing nearly all of the parenting of the couple\u2019s infant daughter. As Punch\u2019s anxieties and sense of self swell in anticipation of the talent scout he expects to swoop in and whisk them away to the big time, his drinking also increases, magnifying all his other flaws. One bad decision leads to another leads to a stunning tragedy; revealing more would be unfair but suffice it to say that the family, and their act, get upended.<\/p>\n

But this event is also the catalyst for Judy to assert herself and her formidable intelligence, spirit and wit. Wasikowska is the picture of feminine patience and wisdom, a welcome source of stability in a volatile town teeming with drunkenness and ruled by accusations of witchcraft. (It should come as no shock that on public stoning day, Punch is the one who literally casts the first stone.) But the path to her ultimate victory in this centuries-old #MeToo tale is frustratingly uneven.<\/p>\n

Foulkes certainly shows ambition in trying to tackle such tricky subject matter in ways that are both darkly funny and viscerally true, but the way she veers between those tones can be awkward. Harriman makes a strong impression from the get-go, but his Punch is almost cartoonishly craven and vile; he doesn\u2019t seem to have a single redeeming quality beyond his engaging showmanship, and Judy seems too smart to have fallen for him. (The guy is mean to dogs! That alone should disqualify him.) Jaunty music plays as a sweet, elderly couple is framed for Punch\u2019s hideous misdeeds, and it\u2019s uncomfortable in a way that perhaps Foulkes didn\u2019t intend. \u201cJudy & Punch\u201d eventually turns its attention toward themes of police brutality and injustice within its fairy-tale setting, but it does so within a montage that includes grungy outcasts in Renaissance dress performing tai chi in a misty, mossy forest.<\/p>\n

The style is certainly there, with right-to-left camera movements tying all the film\u2019s threads together within a tangible sense of muck. And yet it feels like Foulkes is trying to cram it all in with her debut effort, making the film too frequently feel jumbled and inconsistent, which depletes it somewhat of the deliciousness of its final punch.<\/p>\n

Available on VOD today, 6\/5.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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