Soho Square (film)

Soho Square
Directed byJamie Rafn
Written byJamie Rafn
Produced byImogen Cooper
Jamie Rafn
Starring
CinematographyBrendan McGinty
Edited bySam Eastall
Jamie Rafn
Music byChris Read
Production
company
Raven Films
Distributed byRaven Films
Showtime Networks
Release date
  • 2000 (2000)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Soho Square is a 2000 British thriller film written and directed by Jamie Rafn, starring Anthony Biggs and Lucy Davenport.

Cast

  • Anthony Biggs as J.
  • Lucy Davenport as Julia
  • Livy Armstrong as Trump
  • Helen Day as Aunty Bel
  • Olegar Fedoro as S.M.
  • Tim FitzHigham
  • Amanda Haberland as Barmaid
  • Andrew Heath as Shopkeeper
  • Pamela Mandell as Mum
  • Emma Poole as Claire
  • William Wilde as Callaway

Reception

Gil Jawetz of DVD Talk rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote: "A tough film about a character's very internal unraveling, Soho Square uses the basic tools of filmmaking (editing, images, sound) in ways that bypass the need for a big budget." He praised Rafn's direction, stating that while Rafn "may be working with a tired genre", his "approach is fresh and unpretentious."[1] Anne Sherber of Video Store Magazine praised the "strong" performances and opined that Rafn's "displays a distinctive style in which time passing is articulated by the changing London cityscape in hyperspeed."[2] Ed Hulse of Video Business wrote that while the film "starts off well, promising a stylishly gritty thriller with a flawed but interesting protagonist", eventually the "technique becomes obtrusive and actually begins impeding the plot's development."[3]

References

  1. ^ Jawetz, Gil (8 February 2005). "Soho Square". DVD Talk. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  2. ^ Sherber, Anne (2 June 2005). "Soho Square". Video Store Magazine. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  3. ^ Hulse, Ed (2 June 2005). "Soho Square". Video Business. Retrieved 27 December 2024.