Shout by Nancy L Draper

The Assignment 2016

This is a strange movie. Framed in the narrative styling of a graphic novel with more than a hint of film noir, the first surprise was the amazing cast: Tony Shalhoub, Sigourney Weaver, Anthony Lapaglia, Caitlin Gerard and, of course, Michelle Rodriguez. The long bouts of narrative and the voice over narration fit the genre but could have killed the pace for many. The whole soliloquy on gender identity, once again, very wordy, seemed a strange undercurrent for this type of a film. A little bit of self indulgent writing but I give the film a 6 (fair) out of 10, mainly for the performances and the interesting take on a sub-genre. And, yes, I did get the play on words of the title. [Crime Thriller]

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