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Everyone’s Going To Die Review

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Director: Jones

Cast: Nora Tschirner, Rob Knighton, Ellie Chidzey, Eliza-Harrison-Dine, Stirling Gallacher, Liberty Selby

Certificate:15

Running Time: 83 minutes

Synopsis: After two lost souls bump into each other one morning they find that not everything is as bad as it seems.

If you search for Everyone’s Going To Die on the internet not much is known about it. A search engine may suggest other films with barely similar titles, or possibly a deathmetal band. However, search deep enough and you’ll find this gem, directed by London duo Jones.

After waking to find herself floating on a lilo in a stranger’s pool, Melanie (Tschirner) wanders aimlessly into Folkestone’s town centre, bumping into fellow loner Ray (Knighton) along the way. Together the pair travel around the town, letting each other into secrets they haven’t shared with anyone else. After a visit to Ray’s late brother’s wife and daughters, and a heartfelt monologue by Melanie, the pair find that they’re not as dissimilar as they appear on the outside.

Everyone’s Going To Die is what some would describe as a grower. Subtle and slow to start with, as the narrative grows the characters certainly grow with it. Nora Tschirner as Melanie may appear as one tough, surly cookie but as her and Ray delve into their pasts we’re shown a much softer, naive side. Rob Knighton as Ray is the perfect embodiment of the typical East End mobster, even after we overhear a conversation in which he reveals that his costume choice is a mistake. Given a grim task to complete by an unknown voice on his mobile, we’re never told why his target has been chosen, but that doesn’t matter; all that does is that he continues to bond with Melanie.

While there are of course many other cast members involved, they seem to become funny anecdotes that our main characters encounter along the way. Take for example Ray’s sister-in-law and her daughters. While the mother seems to believe that her late husband’s spirit has come back in the body of a cat, her daughters seem to be dealing with their grief in other ways – one having written a play titled Everyone’s Going To Die, while the other talks backwards.

And that’s one of the most charming details of this indie drama-comedy. From the outside everyone seems to be plodding along at their own pace, dealing with life without much enthusiasm. But, as in reality, Jones manage to show through black humour that everyone has their own stranger, hidden side that you’ll get a glimpse of if you spend enough time with them.

While Everyone’s Going To Die starts out as slow and melancholy, stay with it as it blooms into something much more heartfelt and darkly charming.

Everyone’s Going To Die arrives in UK cinemas from 26th June 2015.

Considering Jazmine grew up watching CARRY ON SCREAMING, THE LION KING and JURASSIC PARK on repeat for weeks on end, it made sense for her to study film at London South Bank University. It’s also a good thing that her course requires a lot of sitting down because she’s very accident-prone. When she’s not examining her bruises, she likes pretending that she doesn’t live in Southend-On-Sea and spends hours mindlessly blogging. Favourite films include BLUE VALENTINE, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND and TOY STORY 2.

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