Still Life (2014)

Very disappointing...

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Fresh and Exciting

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Warning, have a box of tissues handy! Outstanding, well made movie!

Still Life is not a movie to watch when you feel lonely or are a bit down because this movie oozes loneliness. There is not much happiness or joy, not in the characters nor in the job the main character has. Eddie Marsan did a good job playing the lonely meticulous civil servant, looking for relatives of deceased lonely people. He arranges the funerals of those ones that have nobody anymore in their lives, resulting in most cases in being the only one attending the funeral. The story is a bit monotone, but it fits the story well. Nothing wrong about the acting, you couldn't play loneliness better than this. The best part of the movie to me was the ending, very touching, and makes you think about how some people just have nobody in their lives.

I almost didn't watch this movie because the description didn't sound very interesting, but it is utterly amazing for such a seemingly simple film. I am more than a little bit surprised that it apparently wasn't nominated for any Oscars. It was honored at over a dozen film festivals, though. Despite being about a very average and lonely man doing a largely thankless job, it subtly draws you in -- first with engaging vignettes of the man's life and then with the central detective-like quest he tasks himself with -- and leads you towards a predictable finish and then hits you with a moving twist and an even more perfect ending than what you were expecting. Be patient and you will be rewarded.

Wow! for me this is the best film for many a year in this genre.it's slow in pace,but realistically this is the point (for me anyway) of the movie..when talking in the themes mentioned here...loneliness and lack of love...life can often feel still.. The music as always by Rachel portman is incredible,she always manages to deliver with her score.Eddie Marsan is perfectly cast as a man lonely and wanting to do something caring and worthwhile in his still life...And the chemistry between his character and Joanne Froggatt is excellent and realistically pulled off...better than anything nominated for an Oscar of that year...it really is beautifully done and with a lovely uplifting ending...it's a perfect emotional British film.