Another
early work. The
Love Child
is the first PC work I’ve seen where he was legitimately the lead.
I suppose you could make a good argument for In
the Loop,
but even if Malcolm was the most prominent character in that film,
he’s not exactly the leading type.
But
there will be plenty of time to gabble about In
the Loop
later! Today is about The
Love Child.
At the center of this film is Dillon, a tightly-wound accounts clerk
who’s anxious to distinguish himself from his family tree of
hippies, crooks, and deadbeats. However, he quickly finds his
responsible, ordered life starting to spin out of his control.
Since
I already mentioned that PC plays the lead in this film, you may have
figured out that he’s the Dillon in question. Dillon spends the
story dealing with change – desperately resisting it, timidly
pursuing it, just trying to wrap his head around it. And then,
there’s the fact that inanimate objects have started talking to
him. He doesn’t know what
to make of that!
On
the whole, PC heads the film with quiet aplomb. The Dillon we meet
is unassuming but always present, and as he takes baby steps toward
new experiences and human connection, it’s easy to cheer him on.
Plus, he has a begrudging conversation with a toilet about who was
dealt the worse hand in life! There probably aren’t too many
actors who’ve had to make a piece of non-sentient porcelain feel
like a legitimate screen partner.
Accent
Watch
London, a little broad at times.
Recommend?
In
General
– Maybe, depending on the recommendee. There’s an offbeat
madness to this film that I enjoyed. I still don’t entirely know
what to make of it, but I can’t say it wasn’t a pleasant way to
spend an hour and a half.
PC-wise
– Oh, yeah. It’s a nice performance and a rootable character who
grows a lot over the course of the film. And really, I don’t how
many leading film roles I’m going to come across on Capaldi Fall,
so I’d say catch ‘em while you can!
Warnings
There’s a brief sex scene, some drinking, and a scene of recreational drug use. Also some violence – mostly of the punch-and-kick variety.
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