My Rating:
7.2 out of 10
The word 'Carnage' literally means “the savage and excessive
killing of many people". The movie can be related to the literal meaning
but it cannot be supposed as the exact definition. This movie is based on the play "God of Carnage" by French
playwright Yasmina
Reza. The film is directed by one of the most established directors 'Roman
Polanski'. The film shows two couples who meet at one couple's house to discuss
the matter of their two grade-school boys getting into a confrontation in the park that
results in one boy hitting the other in the mouth with a stick. It stars
Jodie Foster and John C. Reily as one couple and Kate Winslet and Christopher
Waltz as the other couple.
The acting of all four actors is remarkable. The screenplay by
Roman Polanski and Yasmina Reza gives movie flow which definitely helps the
plot. The dialogues and story shows a subtle black humour. The title depicts
the main meaning behind the story because as the evening goes on, the parents become
increasingly childish, resulting in the evening devolving into chaos which is
actually the work of the God Of Carnage. I have seen Polanski's "The
Pianist" which is a typical war survivor drama movie and Carnage although
a black comedy film depicts his amazing direction which is just the most
drawing aspect of the movie. Such kinds of movies show the importance of story,
direction and acting in a movie rather than high budget, action and background
score. The movie is picked from a very minimal point but it eventually develops
into something very more complex. It shows one of the true aspects of life.
Concluding, I would like to say that the movie offers a very different cinema for people expecting something different other than the usual movie stuff. It is definitely a great watch to understand the social and psychotic nature of people.
