Breakfast on Pluto
March 19th 2008 05:53
Breakfast on Pluto
Director: Neil Jordan
Based on Pat McCabe's novel of the same name
Released in Australia: August 2006
Star rating: ***1/2
Breakfast on Pluto is a most enticing title, and Patrick Braden (Cillian Murphy) an enticing subject. Patrick, or Kitten as he likes to be called, is all for frivolity and funky clothes – it is the Seventies after all. He minces around serious political problems, and we love him for it. If only everyone thought like he did, all social and political problems would be solved while we all looked fabulous.
Though not as worldly and witty as Quentin Crisp, with whom there are similarities – a lot to do with clothing, the two share a common interest in being the coquettish outsider. He’s Crisp without the kerchief.
Patrick, abandoned as a baby in a small Irish town, grows up realising that he is different from the other boys. The other boys don’t find the need to decorate their school uniform with sequins and buttons. Not quite sure where’s he’s going, but knowing that he’ll get there first, Patrick sets out to find his mother and his place in life. Along the way he encounters moments that make up the film. Set in chapters, a reminder that it’s taken from Patrick McCabe’s novel, his journey is dotted with strange characters and situations.
Promising a descent into a 70s demimonde, Breakfast on Pluto really tastes like a feel-good sitcom.
Director: Neil Jordan
Based on Pat McCabe's novel of the same name
Released in Australia: August 2006
Star rating: ***1/2
Breakfast on Pluto is a most enticing title, and Patrick Braden (Cillian Murphy) an enticing subject. Patrick, or Kitten as he likes to be called, is all for frivolity and funky clothes – it is the Seventies after all. He minces around serious political problems, and we love him for it. If only everyone thought like he did, all social and political problems would be solved while we all looked fabulous.
Though not as worldly and witty as Quentin Crisp, with whom there are similarities – a lot to do with clothing, the two share a common interest in being the coquettish outsider. He’s Crisp without the kerchief.
Patrick, abandoned as a baby in a small Irish town, grows up realising that he is different from the other boys. The other boys don’t find the need to decorate their school uniform with sequins and buttons. Not quite sure where’s he’s going, but knowing that he’ll get there first, Patrick sets out to find his mother and his place in life. Along the way he encounters moments that make up the film. Set in chapters, a reminder that it’s taken from Patrick McCabe’s novel, his journey is dotted with strange characters and situations.
Promising a descent into a 70s demimonde, Breakfast on Pluto really tastes like a feel-good sitcom.
| 54 |
| Vote |
Shared on
Add To: 
Subscribe to this blog
Comment by Harry
World Art
Sydney Diary
Personals
Video Games
Brisbane Diarystar
Zoo Parent