The sons also have to carry their drunk dad from their neighbours back home. However, both are extremely affected later on and it almost destroys both families. Again, this to me is a deliberate decision to provide social commentary on an important social group.Ĥ.Families - Both wives of the film first treat the drinking casually, they even seem to enjoy its affects on their husbands. It also features a class of graduating teenagers - generally considered to be the adults of tomorrow.

I don't belive it a coincidence that all the main characters work in the same workplace. we see this in the fkolliwng social groups - the families of our teachers, friendship groups and the workplace. I believe the director tackles more than one issue in this movie and in someways has striking similarities with the hangover trilogyĢ.the director provides some obvious social commentary through Martins wife, somewhere around the midpoint of the movie, with the following line 'this whole society drinks all the time' (paraphrase).ģ.Alcoholism is shown to have impacts on all aspects of society. Basically his self imposed limits may be lifted under the influence of alcohol, and he may even dance again!! - the above may also throw light on middle age/ middle class suburban boredom/ crisis in masculinity also. The ' I miss you' line is used constantly throughout the movie and is basically the premise of the film, often directed to Martin and often from his wife.

Quite possibly my favourite album of the year so far.A few things I'd like to mention before we delve into the ending sequence. However, the very best of the album crumbles such jangly melodies directly through a mid-2000s Sonic Youth filter as Rush, Tired Eyes, and Dracula Force squeeze melodic intent out of the cracks between various walls of guitar and incessant tempos to add a raucous rock ‘ying’ to the album’s ever present beautiful ‘yang’. At its most accessible Unmade Beds sees Since I Cannot Sleep, Crystal Ball Sensation, Memory Starts to Bloom, and Laundromat typify the glorious juxtaposition of a jangly indie-pop and melodic post-punk sound that is reminiscent of The Soft Boys, upon which layers of The Triffids and The Go-Betweens aural textures are attached to shimmering isolated riffs that grab the attention and demand the listener’s deference. Nearly three years after their self-titled debut EP had us all spluttering through our hard lockdown facemasks to gush praise on this Hamburg-based foursome, they are finally back with an album that is so accomplished that it seems almost too arrogant to class it as a debut.

The Best Trick by Annika Martin