Young Adam
First screened in September 2004
Director: David Mackenzie. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer, Therese Bradley, Stuart McQuarrie, Pauline Turner, Ewan Stewart, Jack McElhone. Screenplay: David Mackenzie (based on the novel by Alexander Trocchi). Twitter Capsule:
McGregor's a deft cipher, and first half attains a kind of sooty sensuality until tone and tale go haywire in last act.
VOR:②
Mackenzie is promising. Nice to see Swinton, McGregor from new sides (especially some sides). Incomplete, but tries to braid disparate tones. Old-fashioned in some ways: a blessing and a curse.
