March 3rd: 9:30: Kingsway
Director: Bruce Sweeney
CANADA, 2018 English. 88 minutes
Principal Cast: Camille Sullivan, Jeff Gladstone, Gabrielle Rose, Colleen Rennison, Paul Skrudland, Jillian Fargey, Jennifer Mclean, Agam Darshi, Kevin McNulty
A Cinema CNC favourite, and always a keen analyst of modern neuroses, BC-based director Bruce Sweeney (Last Wedding, Live Bait) reaches new heights with his latest comedy-drama-romance, Kingsway. Sweeney’s ostensible hero is Matt (Jeff Gladstone, Drawing Home), an academic prone to crippling bouts of self-doubt and ennui. Matt has just spotted his wife Lori’s car parked at an infamous Vancouver motel on the Kingsway, a strip well known for prostitution and extramarital assignations.
Matt’s bossy sister, Jess (Camille Sullivan, Sisters & Brothers), who has always hated Lori’s treatment of Matt, demands he finally leave her. His mother, Mary (Gabrielle Rose, Maudie, The Sweet Hereafter), and omnipresent best friend Sean (Paul Skrudland, Excited) would rather maintain the status quo, but anxiety is contagious. An exasperated Lori leaves Matt, only to realize she’s pregnant — though she’s not exactly sure who the father is. As Matt descends into depression, those around him are forced to confront the lack of romance in their lives.
A paean to family (who better to understand your hang-ups?) and the unpredictable vicissitudes of the heart, Kingsway adroitly walks the razor’s edge between painful distress and comic excess — no surprise if you’ve seen any of Sweeney’s other movies. The film, Sweeney’s most assured since the absurdly underrated Excited (2009), confirms Sweeney as one of Canada’s most unique indie artists.
Content Advisory: This film contains crude language and explicit sexual content.
“(An) engaging comedy about a dysfunctional family spiraling into romantic chaos.” —Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine
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