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8/10
life goes on, despite all the crazy in-laws
hannahariel25 January 2008
Warning: Spoilers
I watched Six Figures last night on the MFest channel, where it was incorrectly billed as a murder mystery. I was a bit confused, but soon became immersed in the very real characters created by the talented actors in this film. Mr. Bourne is believable as Warner, a man who not only has the Job from H*ll, but his mother-in-law is apparently from there, too. When his life starts to fall apart, we see him struggling to cope. Only one person in the world appears to believe in him, and we are not sure how long that might last.

Caroline Cave does a wonderful job as strong, sensitive Claire. She is the anchor which holds the story together, and is the only one who seems immune to the dysfunctional behavior of their in-laws.

Six Figures is a story about relationships, and the question, "Do you ever really know another person?". I think it's a good film. My only complaints are the sound (too much echo, in many indoor scenes), and the unresolved shady business at Warner's job, which could have been developed as part of the plot. Whodunnit, indeed.

To the person who thought it was dull: you're watching too many car-chase, exploding-building, machine-gun flicks. A film can be powerful without that stuff!
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Painful
dicksmothersjr14 November 2007
This film truly and accurately captured how horrifically stultifying, hopeless and drab real life can be. Thirty minutes into it, I was toying with the idea of suicide, but not because I felt the film was "horrible". Outstanding acting, a genuinely accurate portrayal of life at it's most prosaic, though not what I'd call "entertaining". No, it was because of how strikingly the despair of the main character was communicated to me. It was difficult to sit through. I got up to do other things many times and, if there'd been anything else remotely interesting on VOD which I hadn't yet seen, I would've watched something else. But I made it through and it hurt. Not a sharp pain, just the dull, throbbing anguish of a life bereft of excitement or hope.
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