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Useful Life, A

Drama

A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.


The critical consensus

A beautiful representation of innocence and naivety.

****(*)David Parkinson, Empire Online, 09/01/2012

A slight piece this, but engaging.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 12/01/2012

The film is short, at 67 minutes, but teasing, mazy, memorable.

****(*)Nigel Andrews, Financial Times, 12/01/2012

This black-and-white Uruguayan miniature would make a great double bill with Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show.

***(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 13/01/2012

It's a moving, pawkily funny movie about the end of an era, not quite the death of cinema, but a change in public taste that makes a certain kind of serious, dedicated cinephilia a thing of the past.

Philip French, The Observer, 15/01/2012

Pleasant enough, but so slight it barely sustains 65 minutes.

**(*)(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 22/01/2012

Sadly, even at less than 70 minutes, the end result feels stretched.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 26/01/2012

It's beautifully shot by Veiroj in black and white, hence the two stars. Otherwise, frankly, if Jorge's cinema showed this kind of film all the time it is no wonder the old place is going out of business.

**(*)(*)(*)Alison Rowat, The Herald, 26/01/2012

Useful Life, A

Where and when?

Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday January 27, 2012, until Thursday February 2, 2012. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com

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