Carnage is a 2011 black comedy film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on the acclaimed play God of Carnage by French playwright Yasmina Reza. The film is an international co-production of France, Germany, Poland and Spain.
Carnage is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage. -- (C) Sony Pictures Classics
Carnage is transformed from the play God of Carnage which is about 2 couple meet together after their children have a fight together. This comedy film is received a lot of applause in the premiere by excellent perform of stars. Result of an survey of film critic have shown that Carnage have many prospects in the competition to gain Golden Lion statueTwo sets of parents meet after their sons are involved in a schoolyard fight. The meeting goes disastrously wrong when each pair attacks the other’s parenting skills before turning on each other about problems in their own marriages.
Tells the story of two sets of parents who decide to have a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a schoolyard brawl.After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. Click Here To Watch Full MovieA polite discussion of child rearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage.
Winslet is the standout performance, her Nancy liquid courage writ large, going off on her husband and the Longstreets in a verbal assault accentuated by her increasingly drunken state. Waltz finds mannerisms in Alan that serve to infuriate even his wife and his smartphone is a vital prop that Waltz treasures as one would a small child, perhaps more.
The newest work of director Roman Polanski attract a lot of concern because of gathering such bright stars as Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly. Besides, the time Roman Polanski made this film is also the time he is hunted for raping a little girl in 1977.
Penelope challenges Foster, who scrunches her face and howls, looking awfully unpleasant — Penelope is hard to like, since she instigates the key argument and shields herself with faux idealism and a striving for an intellectual appearance while nursing a mean temper. Reilly’s Michael feels like a supporting performance and while Michael’s scenes one-on-one with Penelope reveal a shared history, Reilly comedy chops undercut his eventual descent into a foul-mouthed fit — there is a kindness that characterizes the actor and prevents Michael from truly making a mark.
Nancy (Kate Winslet, terrific) and Alan (Christoph Waltz, clearly relishing his obnoxious turn) Cowan drop by for a brief visit to tackle a seemingly minor issue — their son has assaulted the Longstreet boy with a stick in a playground confrontation. Reza’s script, touched up and Americanized by the playwright and Polanski, takes great pleasure in tackling the way we wield specific words to fuel our own power trips — mind the word “assaulted,” utilized by Foster’s Penelope and effectively a catalyst that launches first pits the Cowans against the Longstreets but then splits along gender lines and finally splinters as the foursome unleash their loathsome (and perhaps “true”) selves and then stop abruptly to survey the carnage.
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