Review of Skeletons

Skeletons (2010)
8/10
Beautiful poetry but not for everybody
25 June 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Davis and Bennet (Ed Gaughan and Andrew Buckley), are two physics working for "The Coronel". They take trains and walk through the English country side visiting "customers" and doing "skeleton" "removals" . Both have their own hidden secrets and pains even being best friends their communications is quite lacking.

One day they must visit and eccentric woman (outstanding Paprika Steen) with a mute (perhaps autistic daughter) and a boy who is trying to find out the whereabouts of her husband disappeared eight years ago. A somewhat tender relationship develops between the woman and Bennet; but that start causing problems with Davis and even worse with their strict boss.

It is not difficult to see where the movie is going; but in goes on in a very poetic and tender way; with characters who looks like losers or dimwits but end up being quite likable.

The movie message is simple but is very well expressed; life must go on and we should not stop it.
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