Rams Review: Down Under Do-Over Injects Broad Comedy Into Icelandic Festival Darling Rams Review: Down Under Do-Over Injects Broad Comedy Into Icelandic Festival Darling
Sam Neill and Michael Caton star in this Australian remake of Grímur Hákonarson s 2015 Icelandic dramedy, amplifying the film s underlying humor.
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Director: Jeremy Sims
With: Sam Neill, Michael Caton, Miranda Richardson, Wayne Blair, Kipan Rothbury, Travis McMahon, Hayley McElhinney, Asher Keddie, Will McNeill, Asher Yasbincek, Leon Ford.
Running time: Running time: 119 MIN.
Ian Brodie
Nearly six years ago, “Rams,” a touching humanist drama from Iceland directed and written by Grímur Hákonarson, won hearts and prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Now, in trots “Rams,” an Australian remake, directed by Jeremy Sims (“Last Cab to Darwin”). Adapted with winning cultural specificity by former newsman Jules Duncan, it’s longer and more bro
What’s new to VOD and streaming this weekend
Including reviews of A Glitch In The Matrix, Falling, Malcolm & Marie, Rams and Greenland By Norman Wilner
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OW critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of February 5. Plus: Everything new to VOD and streaming platforms.
Falling
(Viggo Mortensen)
Mortensen’s first feature as a writer/director finds the actor shaping a simple father-son story into a powerful meditation on compassion at any cost. It’s not perfect, but it’s powerful. Mortensen plays John, a gay man who’s taken a week off to bring his ailing father Willis (Lance Henriksen) out west from his rural New York farm. Willis is suffering from dementia and rapidly deteriorating, and John is looking to make things easier on the old man – but Willis’s illness has only amplified the fury, misogyny and homophobia that drove his family away decades earlier. Falling is rough in the way that first films can be, but even when something doesn
Is Rams on Netflix? Where to watch Sam Neill’s sheep movie explained
Sam Neill’s Rams arrives on UK screens on February 5th but where is the film available to watch? Is Rams streaming on Netflix?
Cinema visits have not been possible thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic but films have still been releasing thick and fast.
The latest arrival on our screens is Rams, a comedy-drama starring Sam Neill and a host of sheep for co-stars.
But just where is Rams available to watch? Is the movie available on Netflix?
Rams
If you ever wanted to see Sam Neill of Jurassic Park fame take on the role of a sheep farmer then this is the film for ewe.
New Movies to Watch This Week: Malcolm & Marie, Falling and a New Studio Ghibli
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February is shaping up to be something special. In response to a pandemic-extended awards season, the sort of films that used to crowd the release calendar just before New Year’s in an effort to Oscar-qualify while also still maintaining some measure of last-minute/latest-thing freshness are now arranging to come out over the coming weeks.
Think of that as a teaser of such upcoming films as “Minari” and “Nomadland” more than a reflection of this week’s lineup, although a couple of this week’s releases feature elements the marketing departments would be happy to hear described as “Oscar worthy.”