Peacock

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Peacock is a very interesting, and original film. It tells the story of a small town bank clerk named John Skillpa, who has a very big secret. Little do his fellow towns people know that John also has a split personality, that happens to be a female. This causes him to dress as a woman to do chores for John, and to also cook him breakfast every morning. After a freak train accident in his front yard during his daily chores, he finds himself having to work extra hard to hide his other half from the towns people, and at the same time, trying to stay on top of the ongoing battle between his two halves. Let me start by saying, this movie is far from a easy watch. Before I felt comfortable reviewing it, I ended up watching it a total of three times. It tends to leave a lot of questions to be answered by the audience on their own without ever confirming it within the film itself. So your first time through, you may find yourself confused to some degree. The acting in this movie is pretty amazing especially the lead Cillian Murphy playing both the role of John and his other personality Emma. In a time of endless remakes and cookie cutter scripts, Peacock is a very nice change of pace if you're willing to watch it with a open mind, and give something different a shot. This film won't be for everyone and honestly its more drama slash thriller than horror, but in the end I recommend you at least try to make it through it, and if you manage to do that you'll be rewarded with a real treat. 5/10 - Ritualistic The Liberal Dead http://liberaldead.blogspot.com

Oh my... this movie is quite disturbing. it's a story about a guy with two personalities- one is a man, and the other- a woman (what a shocker). of course it all has it's roots in his childhood. he leads a secret life, trying to stay out of site. and so we see how this quiet man's life begins to get even more complicated when his second personality is about to get a little more public. and what a disturbing journey that is... i mean it has some strong points- Cillian Murphy does a wonderful job, his acting is astonishing. I don't know what it is, maybe the script itself, but i couldn't stop thinking "wtf?!?!" every minute of the movie. of course you can't help yourself and compare it to psycho, and every time you compare something to an immortal classic, it's bound to look bad. but truly, the badness of the movie does not come from this comparison. it comes from the fact, that the plot is utterly terrible and pointless- half way through i began to wonder- where the hell could all this lead? the answer, is of course- nowhere. anyway- kudos for Murphy, watching him perform is the only thing that could persuade anyone to watch the movie till the end. and he makes such a beautiful woman, too.

Cillian Murphy is really good in this. I actually can almost not think of another actor playing this particular role. It is very demanding and he goes places that I'm sure some people wouldn't dare go (or follow him for that reason). It really is a good movie. A weird little story with great actors all over the place. I especially loved the ending, though they seemed to be unsure of how to go, since there are alternate endings on the disc. Very slow and very uncomfortable to watch, it is something that I hope will be cherished by quite a few people. Even if it only gets a home entertainment release (like in Germany) and does not see the light of the cinemas. I dare you to watch it