‘Mammoth’ Review For FilmCritic.com
With its intertwining stories of family and the connections that bind and tear us apart, Swedish director Lukas Moodysson’s first English language feature evokes the work of any number of filmmakers, in particular Robert Altman (though some have also compared the film to the work of Guillermo Arriaga or Paul Haggis). That’s not to say, however, that Mammoth is derivative. The director creates his own scarily intimate look and feel, replete with naturalistic moments that alternate between sadness and laughter. Unfortunately, it’s the writer half of Moodysson’s profile that betrays him, particularly in the last reel of the film.
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