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Actors: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, James Fox
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Sexy Beast |
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Gary "Gal" Dove (Winstone) is a retired caperman taking it easy in sunny Spain with his beloved ex-porn star wife and a few friends. Former criminal associate Don Logan (Kingsley) bursts in from England and the past to demand that Gal do "one last job," and won't take no for an answer. Don uses threats, violence, the spilling of secrets -- anything to get Gal to do the caper. Winstone, who looks like a softer, rounder Russell Crowe, is pleasant and charming, Kingsley lean and truly menacing -- because he has feelings and doubts that flesh out his muscle. This first-time effort by director Jonathan Glazer and writers Louis Mellis and David Scinto appears to mine the same territory as Guy Ritchie ("Lock, Stock & Two Barrels" and "Snatch") but is more rounded -- the plot is driven not just by a caper but by character and relationships.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Sexy Beast |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- Mafia conflict
If this is a criminal POV story...
- Armed robbery!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 40's-50's
Body type
- fat (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
- happy
- tougher
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Spain
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
- dangerous
- wealthy
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- crushed
- perforation--bullets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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