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POSTER BLURBS & REVIEWS FOR CHARLIE CASANOVA
COULD HARDLY BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING…ELECTRIC
FILM
INSANE
SCREENHEAD
A HAUNTING PERFORMANCE
DREAD CENTRAL
REMARKABLE
THE JOURNAL
DARK, BITING SATIRE
TWITCH
DISTURBING
OIMAG
PASSIONATE…FEARLESS…UNBELIEVABLE
HOTPRESS
DON’T MISS IT!
OFF PLUS CAMERA
PSYCHOTIC
CINEHOUSE UK
PLAYED WITH CHILLING FEROCITY
AUSTIN CHRONICLE
BRILLIANT…REMINISCENT IN MAY WAYS OF TOM HARDY’S PERFORMANCE IN BRONSON
REEL DISTRACTION
BREATHTAKING…FANTASTIC…EXCEPTIONAL…ENTHRALLING…
CAPTIVATING
BALCONY TV, USA
UNAPOLOGETIC…RECKLESS…CLOWN-LIKE PSYCHOTIC…
SOPHISTICATED AND VERBOSE…FRIGHTENING IN A PRIMAL WAY
SOUND ON SIGHT
A PUNISHING EXPERIENCE…BORDERS ON AUDIENCE ABUSE…
AGGRESSIVELY ABRASIVE
VARIETY
EERILY CRAZED…INTRICATELY CRAFTED…PULSES WITH A VORACIOUS LUST TO PROVOKE
LA2DAY
CHARLIE CASANOVA BRINGS THE HEAT!
THE CW AUSTIN STAR
Emmett Scanlan awarded BEST ACTOR for Charlie Casanova at the ECU European Independent Film Festival in Paris.
ECU EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, PARIS
http://www.ecufilmfestival.com/en/ecu-2011/ecu-2011-festival-award-winners/
"Let the card decide. Ace to five is yes, six to ten is no. For Charlie Barnum, this act takes the decision out of it all, allowing the inner-God to take control. At least that is what he has his friends believing. In reality, Charlie is nothing more than a coward; one who refuses to be restricted by the bounds of morality, law or even reality. But every psycho reaches his end - right? Directed by Terry McMahon and featuring a festival best performance from Emmett J. Scanlan, Charlie Casanova is one of the most unique and intriguing films to come out of this year's SXSW Film Festival. Bearing a subversively dark and haunting tone, witty dialogue, a satirical plotline and downright disturbing actions, the film is not for everyone. But with a similarity to Christian Bale's Patrick Bateman, Scanlan's performance here is sure to wrack your brain as you attempt to dissect the personality of our lead protagonist and uncover the layered satirical story that comprises the unmistakable Charlie Casanova."
COLLEGE MOVIE REVIEW
http://www.collegemoviereview.com/article/charlie-casanova
"Googling 'Ivan Albright' will help you picture the emotionally corrupt pack of Irish yuppies of which the title character, played with chilling ferocity by Emmett J. Scanlan, is the (rabid, foaming) alpha dog. This dark tale will leave you wanting to scrub its residue off your brain with a broken pumice stone, as sociopath Charlie cedes his moral decisions to whatever's drawn from a deck of cards and drags his pack of pusillanimous upper-crusties down with him, through mayhem, adultery, and murder. The camerawork is claustrophobia-inducing throughout, like you're trapped in an elevator with these people and you can't get out. But you do want to get out, even though Charlie will tell you it's because you've been emasculated or you're a worthless bitch, and the worst parts of you aren't sure he's wrong. It's that kind of movie."
AUSTIN CHRONICLE
http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2011-03-18/sxsw-film-charlie-casanova/
"Upper-class prick (Emmet Scanlan) comes up with the gimmick of letting a deck of cards dictate his actions as a way to abdicate responsibility for his behavior and fuck with the lives of his friends. I thought it was brilliant (it is reminiscent in many ways of Tom Hardy's performance in Bronson.)"
REEL DISTRACTION
http://www.reeldistraction.com/?action=viewNews&docID=2068
"Breathtaking...Fantastic...Exceptional...Enthralling."
BALCONY TV, USA
http://www.balconytv.com/v/terry-mcmahon-interview
"This is an amazing story. Throughout. The back end as well as the front end. The story is tough, as life in today’s Ireland is, apparently. Charlie Casanova is an everyman, but a coward at that. He’s one of a kind and yet, there are probably thousands like him. The story is as dark as human nature’s darkness can get. There is no hope, no love, no ray of light. The world is cruel, hopeless and the spectators are helpless, hypnotised by the vision pictured, where an obvious mad man rules their attention and the world on the screen. Charlie Casanova is the puppet master, a clown and a cruel character, whose intensity paralyses everyone around him including the audience. The experience keeps everyone in their seats until the last long scene which proves Terry McMahon’s point. A must see."
BLONDENER'S BLOG
http://blondoner.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/charlie-casanova-by-terry-mcmahon/
"Eerily crazed. Intricately crafted. Played with fantastic furor and ferocious confidence. Smooth like the semiquavers of improv jazz, Charlie Casanova pulses with a voracious lust to provoke. More than just a good movie, or well crafted script, Charlie Casanova is rich with narrative, potent with conflict, and oozing with the dialogue of Dublin's inner city."
LA2DAY Magazine
http://www.la2day.com/movies/charlie_casanova
"Emmet Scanlan as Charlie doesn’t miss a beat. When he’s playing the role of ruling class elite, dining with friends, he’s commanding, sophisticated, and verbose. And when he dips into his character’s crumbling, clown-like psychotic side, he’s frightening in a primal way. This is McMahon’s point. The film tows its viewers through sometimes baffling sex acts by sad women, some rolling Irish accents, and cyclical language that is intended to escape you, only to reward you with clarity. All of Charlie’s “smoke and mirrors” talk, as McMahon calls it, comes to a head the night that drunken Charlie performs at a dark, underground comedy club. It’s here that Charlie faces the population he so vehemently despises, and it’s here that the film presses go and you’re along for the ride whether you want to be or not. While Charlie Casanova may touch a particularly raw bone with Irish viewers, watch closely and you’ll find a familiar face staring back. Charlie is, in the end, a dangerous chameleon, a symbol of hatred, and that’s something that you’ll find worked into the fabric of any society in any part of the world. McMahon is on a roll with his directorial debut."
SOUND ON SIGHT
www.charliecasanovathemovie.com