This was touted at the film festival as a 12 Angry Men-style drama, so it had a lot of expectation to live up to. The film is based on a new system in Australia (where the movie's set) where, after a crime is committed, the parties involved, including many who are directly or indirectly related to the act, are brought together to basically talk through the entire story in the presence of an adjudicator. This film is based on actual case notes of one of these processes.
The "defendant" is a young man with a short fuse who gets fired from his job and, in retaliation, rams his employer's car several times in his own driveway, giving him whiplash. Also present are several other people who were affected by the incident, from workmates to family and friends. What follows delves deeply into the issue at hand, as well as who was in what way responsible for what transpired (and with a cast of only about 10, everyone's involved somehow). Great screenplay, decent acting, and great pacing combine for a pretty terrific movie that is one of my favorites of the festival.
Score: 9/10
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