(Jamie Adams/2015/UK)
A
whimsical comedy caper about two con artist sisters duping a poetry
group on retreat in the Welsh mountains and in the process finding
romance and friendship, Black Mountain Poets never really gets into
proper gear. There are lacklustre jibes at hipster poet types,
romantic rivalries amongst the tents and an off kilter feel good
factor ending. It’s all a bit too ironic or maybe it’s not ironic
enough and finishes out trying to encapsulate a small bit of the
spirituality it took the piss out of. This is not a terrible film but
it has the feel of a project that people were cutting their teeth on
and just falls short of hitting its mark.
(2/5)
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