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The Becky Carmichael Fan Club
Canada 2018
produced by Workobey Films
directed by Andrew J.D. Robinson
starring Gabrielle Banville, Tristan McIntosh, Maissa Houri-Charron, Dean Perseo, Maura Stephens, Jennifer Trudrung
written by Andrew J.D. Robinson, songs by Johnny Jewel, Glass Candy, Chromatics, Desire, Niykee Heaton, Ross Bugden, Lowercase Noises, Christopher Xiao, Tyler Matthews
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review by Mike Haberfelner
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There was a time when Becky Carmichael (Gabrielle Banville) was
"someone", a successful singer with a plethora of fans. And even
though she might still be young, she now sees these days behind her, feels
burned out, and claims she can hardlyhold a note anymore. And this is when
her brother Jesse (Tristan McIntosh), a bit of a "black sheep of the
family", asks if he may move in with her as he has lost his job.
Becky agrees to that and accepts him back into her life, especially since
their parents have only recently died, leaving a void in her heart. Then
one night, Becky's brutally attacked on her way home and finds out her
attacker was actually a "fan" claiming to help her live out one
of her own "fantasies" - which is when Becky learns her
presumably fleeting fame has taken on a life of its own, and there are
many mock Becky Carmichaels out there delivering to pretty much every
fetish in the book. So ultimately, this realization is much more upsetting
to Becky than the actual attack. She eventually turns to an online
self-help group against cyber-bullying, and soon enough meets a lovely
lady, Amber (Maissa Houri-Charron), who has gone through something not at
all dissimilar to Becky's story. Thing is, the group is supposed to be
anonymous, so why does Amber know Becky's real name? And what has Becky's
brother to do with all of this? Regarding narrative build-up,
this film might be a tad on the slowburn side of things, but director
Andrew J.D. Robinson proves here how good he is with handling emotional
scenes, inasmuch as he both gives his actors all the room to breathe they
might need but still manages to enhance the feelings in every given scene
using all the tricks in the book, but in a very organic kind of way - but
of course, a solid cast only helps with this. And what's more, Robinson
also shows mastery in atmospheric yet subtle filmmaking to really drive
things home. So what you might not even notice at first, this is a creepy
one that's bound to stay with you for a couple of days after watching
... ... and if this has at all gotten you interested, you
might just as well want to watch the movie here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-FKqPI90kw
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