Telling Stories

If you’re into action movies, or expect Robin Williams to be in any way funny, then please give this one a miss. If however you like serious movies and aren’t ignorant/homophobic, this is a thriller well worth watching in the dark.

This film focuses on Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams), a storyteller with a national late-night radio show, who is suffering from writers block. Trying to provide the spark Gabriel needs, his literary agent provides him with a manuscript that will be published shortly. Its not easy reading, the manuscript is a detailed account of the prolonged sexual abuse a young boy suffered at the hands of his own parents and their friends. Wanting to know more Gabriel develops a friendly phone relationship with the fourteen-year-old boy now suffering from AIDs, but all is not what it seems.

This is an old fashioned thriller in the truest sense, not a horror or action flick. Sadly the trailer is far too fast paced to do this movie justice, and I cannot give anything away or it will ruin the movie experience for you.

If you liked One Hour Photo, this won’t disappoint. The whole movie is a slow burner, very dark and atmospheric, and as such it really needs to be viewed in the dark to be appreciated.


7/10