Tyrannosaur

Tyrannosaur 2010

• Director: Paddy Considine
• Based on novel: no
• Cast: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Peter Mullan – Sunshine on Leith, Top of the Lake, Liability, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Stone of Destiny, Boy A, Children of Men, Young Adam, My Name Is Joe, Trainspotting, Braveheart, Riff-Raff
• Oliva Colman – Broadchurch, The Night Manager, Doctor Who, Hot Fuzz, Much Ado about Nothing Re-told, Black Books, The Office
• Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky, Their Finest Hour, River, Filth, The World’s End, Snow White and the Huntsman, Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows, Merlin, Sherlock Holmes, V for Vendetta, Vera Drake, 21 Grams, Gangs of New York
• Why?  The cast and the director
• Seen:  2 August 2019 

Joseph (Mullan) is violent. Really violent. He kicks his own dog to death in the first scene. He flees from himself and stumbles into a second-hand shop run by the religious Hannah (Colman) who prays for him. He hates God as much as he hates everyone and brings Hannah to tears with his vicious ridicule. Hannah, though wealthy, has sorrows of her own. Her husband James (Marsan) is horrible and she drinks. Heavily.

Two very damaged people who somehow find ways to help each other. Their pain is essentially unbearable but maybe there’s hope.

I haven’t seen the film for which Colman won her Oscar, but she could just as well have got it for this. Mullan is extremely good too and how in the world can Marsan be so good at being so bad when he’s usually so good at being good?

Oh yes, Considine? He’s just as good at writing and directing as he is at acting.

Don’t miss this one.

5 * of 5