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TIFF 2009 Day 6: Aaron Schneider’s Get Low

A guaranteed audience pleaser that works from a premise that certainly sounds alluring, Aaron Schneider’s debut film is formulaic, sticks to conventions – but for me Get Low was a dull anaesthetic.

A guaranteed audience pleaser that works from a premise that certainly sounds alluring, Aaron Schneider’s debut film is formulaic, sticks to conventions – but for me Get Low was a dull anaesthetic. Robert Duvall plays a rusty old-timer secluded in the backwoods, personally I preferred his miniscule role in The Road to this portrayal. Bill Murray is a welcome addition to the cast, his character sticks out like a sore thumb amongst the rest of the cast in a 1930’s south backdrop. Full review coming soon.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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