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Cashback
After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild.
Release : | 2007 |
Rating : | 7.1 |
Studio : | Left Turn Films, Ugly Duckling Films, Lipsync Productions, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Assistant Art Director, |
Cast : | Sean Biggerstaff Emilia Fox Shaun Evans Michael Dixon Michelle Ryan |
Genre : | Drama Comedy Romance |
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best movie i've ever seen.
Admirable film.
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
College art student Ben Willis (Sean Biggerstaff) is dumped by his first real girlfriend Suzy. He is so devastated that he develops insomnia. With nothing to do during the night and running low on cash, he decides to get a job at an all-night supermarket. It's his way to get Cashback for his useless time. Sharon Pintey (Emilia Fox) is the quiet weary checkout girl. Sean Higgins is his womanizing lifelong friends. He starts playing with time and even freezing it.The constant narration hides the fact that this is a pretty thin story. It is beautifully shot. Much of the talk is about the naked women. They are model good looking and I have no problems with that. If the naked girls and the slick look are taken away, there isn't much else. The romance with Sharon has limited drama. It may have worked as a short but expanding into a full length movie stretched the material a bit thin.
Though at time generic, Cashback never fails to entertain you to the maximum. It's a really original idea that was executed near perfectly. Even without the romance, Cashback has enough story to enthusiastically enthrall you to the very end. It's got some excellent elements of light humour to support its sometimes heavy themes and also encapsulates you in this in depth character study. However, some may say that the film has a few plot holes in terms of the time stopping to pass time idea, but overall it is very effective in telling an advanced story. A very good, sometimes emotional film, that tugs at the heart strings at times and is very exciting. Probably something that young teenage boys will love, but also something that any film lover can enjoy and will be entertained by.
A unique movie that should last some time in your memory for its portrayal of boredom in low paid jobs within our inane contemporary management culture. The realism is disturbing in its familiarity as supermarket consumers and vendors meet in a condition of non- reciprocity, marginalized by management-speak and non-optional strictures dressed up as common sense.Somehow our protagonist manages to survive his mind-numbing social condition almost as a cure for his recent lost love. A good portrayal of breakup scenes, contemporary sexuality - and social alienation with a comeback.Also a pretty good demonstration of why one should never go to art school. (Tell 'em about it!)
and I'm glad I didn't. This film is too deep to take away any true meaning from it in a short.At first glance of the Cover Art, I almost turned away because gratuitous nudity was not what I was seeking. I'm just happy that I did not judge the film itself solely on the Cover.Even though I am a Man... I am a Romantic and have always been. I appreciate films that explore the intricacies of the relationships between Men and Women, especially those which delve into the emotions, pain, sorry and happiness experienced by each.While I was initially put off by his undressing the women in the store unknowingly, I had to remind myself that this was merely a fantasy and had more to do with his boredom and Artistic side.The Childish antics of his fellow employees weren't amusing to me however, they also had their purpose in the story and did not take away from it for me.His love for Sharon and how he expressed it through his art was quite touching and a fitting direction for the film to it's conclusion, which was quite touching.Yes, I enjoyed the film... so much so, that I watched it two evenings in a row.