Benjamin

Name: Benjamin
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: August 25, 2020
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Anna Chancellor, Arnab Chanda, Colin Morgan, Gabe Gilmour, Jack Rowan

2020

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Artsploitation Films | Release Date (Streaming): August 25, 2020 | R

Starring: Anna Chancellor, Arnab Chanda, Colin Morgan, Gabe Gilmour, Jack Rowan, James Bloor, Jessica Raine, Joel Fry, Phénix Brossard, Robin Peters

Summary: Gangly and neurotic, and always ready with a self-defensive quip, indie film director Benjamin (Colin Morgan) nervously prepares for the premiere of his sophomore feature when he meets and falls for hard for Noah (Phénix Brossard), an young French musician. Will Benjamin’s insecurities and anxieties get in the way of success and happiness?Gangly and neurotic, and always ready with a self-defensive quip, indie film director Benjamin (Colin Morgan) nervously prepares for the premiere of his sophomore feature when he meets and falls for hard for Noah (Phénix Brossard), an young French musician. Will Benjamin’s insecurities and anxieties get in the way of success and happiness? Will his film be a critics-savaging disaster and he, a one-hit wonder?… Expand

Director: Simon Amstell

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 85 min

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Empire Ian Freer

Jul 14, 2020

Part film industry satire, part winning love story, Benjamin is low-key and shambling but emerges funny, bittersweet and affecting. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Simran Hans

Jul 14, 2020

The jokes are brutal and very funny, with Benjamin the butt of most of them. Read full review

Rob Rector

Aug 25, 2020

The story is feather-light, but the pain, either felt or indirectly caused by Benjamin, can be harrowingly authentic. We want to simultaneously hug him for reassurance and physically restrain him to keep from the next nerve-induced verbal volcano. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 14, 2020

Benjamin is a brief, brisk movie that somehow manages to squeeze in seven characters of consequence, tell an amusing and romantic story, and still find the time to dip its toes into something darker. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Jul 22, 2020

Benjamin wrings a lot of warmly perceptive, occasionally acidic humor. The film might be termed a romantic comedy, though the will-they-won’t-they dynamic that usually powers the genre feels beside the point here. Read full review

Anna Smith

Jul 14, 2020

It is an unusual mix of intense, angsty character-driven drama and laugh-out-loud jokes about the film industry. It’ll be best enjoyed by those who live in the milieu it depicts, along with fans of Amstell’s bittersweet wit – and there’s probably overlap between the two. Read full review

Tara Brady

Jul 14, 2020

Under the satire, there’s an authentic sense of emotional uncertainty. Read full review

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All_ButTrU4

May 31, 2022

There's something worth hearing here. It's quite tone and colorless London backdrop create an emotional landscape the script can't satisfy. The protagonist is barely anything as for the manic pixie dream princess French boyfriend he doesn't really justify his existence at all. Like towardsThere's something worth hearing here. It's quite tone and colorless London backdrop create an emotional landscape the script can't satisfy. The protagonist is barely anything as for the manic pixie dream princess French boyfriend he doesn't really justify his existence at all. Like towards the end of the movie he is effectively abandoned when Benjamin runs into his ex Paul but that barely becomes anything. Overall it's got a good enough script and performances for it to nit be a complete mess.… Expand

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