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08. Dec, 2009 
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The Messenger
The Bothers Grim£
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Fact once stated: if Samantha Morton is in a movie, then we will see it, and to add to that, if she’s in a movie, then it’s probably worth seeing (cept fo Synecdoche, New York, which our brain has yet to recover from). Morton coast-stars (meaning she’s so effin moneybags mcgee that she coasts in any role thrown her way) in Oren Moverman‘s The Messenger, so guess you’ll juss have to see it based on the above facts, ma’am. She plays a recently widowed wife of a US Army solider killed in Iraq, and someone had to tell her that bad news and since we smell a title in there somewhere it also sounds like the making of a movie, and a terrrrrrific one at that!
Them someones are a lot of someones, with one of the world’s wurstest jobs besides toll both operator and microwaved tunafish taste tester, but for this viewing purposes our guys are Ben Foster (the always hammy, although mo eggsalad disgruntled actor, helping us to forget the poop that was Pandorum) and Woody Harrelson (having quite the 2009 so eat it Clooney!). They go from house to house (look out for the special guest stars!!) spreading the dreadful death notices and after they deliver the bads, they go unnoticed. So we get to see what they do besides being messengers, like drink! be sober! be depressed! hit on chicks! hit guys! other stuff too!! Quite the powerful/dourful subject, but don’t object cause along with Hurt Locker, modern-ish war-ish movies-ish are-ish back-ish in a huge-ish way!!!!!!!!!!!! And if you want war, but less seriousnessness and mo sillynessnessness and hot chicks in hottier leather than seek out GI Joe!!!!!!!!!!!!! or not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you’re a grown adult so do whatever pleases your inner-jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Morton’s Kosher Salt: Sam’s got quite the killah resume, but if you happened to miss her try and shy away from an angry Jason Partic in Expired, then you’ve missed out on one of the better films of 2008, yo!
Verdictgo: Breast In Show
Messenger is currently delivering at select theaters across Americaz
and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…
£title was worth reusing
