Jamie Patterson's movie presents a quite different and a rather dreadful picture of malfunctioning relationships. The film tells a story of Danny, who was left by his girlfriend and his big love, and Katie, who parted from her sadistic boyfriend. Both characters meet under quite unusual circumstances and establish a somewhat bizarre relationship with each other.
With its peculiar storyline, Billboard is presented in a unique and intriguing manner, with constantly changing camera settings and occasionally odd elements of sound editing. Such an extraordinary way of representation makes the movie particularly interesting for the lovers of art films, which leaves no doubt that Billboard is not a movie for the mass market audience.
The actors of the movie perform quite well. Anna Cox does a very good job and shows the audience a Katie who is on the edge of a breakdown and who finds 'happiness' at the end. Since the actions of the Ex, played by Lucy Griffiths, have a huge influence on Danny's behaviour, Lucy's performance had to be very compelling, as it truly was. Lucy Griffiths is just so remarkable in such small but memorable roles. Joe Rainbow, alias Danny (one of the main protagonists), was the only one of the actors who performed in an unconvincing manner and could have done much more with his character.
Overall, the movie is a 'dark' tale of broken relationships, which shows a rather ugly side of people's personalities.
With its peculiar storyline, Billboard is presented in a unique and intriguing manner, with constantly changing camera settings and occasionally odd elements of sound editing. Such an extraordinary way of representation makes the movie particularly interesting for the lovers of art films, which leaves no doubt that Billboard is not a movie for the mass market audience.
The actors of the movie perform quite well. Anna Cox does a very good job and shows the audience a Katie who is on the edge of a breakdown and who finds 'happiness' at the end. Since the actions of the Ex, played by Lucy Griffiths, have a huge influence on Danny's behaviour, Lucy's performance had to be very compelling, as it truly was. Lucy Griffiths is just so remarkable in such small but memorable roles. Joe Rainbow, alias Danny (one of the main protagonists), was the only one of the actors who performed in an unconvincing manner and could have done much more with his character.
Overall, the movie is a 'dark' tale of broken relationships, which shows a rather ugly side of people's personalities.
