âRamsâ Review: Ailing Sheep and Quirky Characters
This comedy-drama starring Sam Neill, Michael Caton and Miranda Richardson depicts a catastrophe for a farming community in Western Australia.
Sam Neill in “Rams.”Credit.Samuel Goldwyn Films Rams
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The rough, dirty life of Australian sheep farmers would seem an unlikely topic to yield much in the way of cinematic lyricism. Especially in a narrative involving sheep actually dying of a devastating disease. Nevertheless, âRams,â rooted in a 2016 Icelandic movie of the same name, has its pastoral moments (mostly in its breathtaking views of Western Australian landscapes), not to mention raucous comedy.
The gentle Australian comedy “Rams,” a remake of the highly regarded Icelandic submission to the 2016 Oscars, winningly puts viewers in the worn boots of stubborn sheep farmers and in the company of elderly brothers who can’t stop butting heads.
Colin (Sam Neill) is a kind fellow who greets his beloved flock each morning with a smiling “
You’re beautiful … and
you’re beautiful.” He’s respected in his close-knit, Western Australian sheep-farming community; he’s shyly warming up to local vet Kat (Miranda Richardson). He lives next door to an irascible, often drunk, but similarly competent farmer, Les (Michael Caton), whose prize rams are every bit as good as Colin’s and to whom he hasn’t spoken in 40 years. The two are, of course, brothers.
Sam Neill: Coronavirus restrictions helped Jurassic World: Dominion cast bond
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Sam Neill believes that coronavirus restrictions brought the cast of Jurassic World: Dominion closer together .
The 73-year-old actor is reprising his role as Dr. Alan Grant in the upcoming movie and revealed that he closely bonded with co-stars such as Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard during the shoot in the UK last year.
Sam said: It was an extraordinary time. We were pretty much confined to quarters for the duration and it brought us all close together than we thought possible.
The star – who is returning to the dinosaur action franchise alongside original Jurassic Park cast members Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern – is pleased that Jurassic World: Dominion is less reliant on CGI and more on the massive puppets used in the original trilogy.
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