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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Carnage
2011
***½
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly

When two 11-year-old boys get in a fight, their respective parents get together to talk things out. What starts as a civilised and amicable meeting, ends as an ill-natured exchange of opinions. Roman Polanski's adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s stage play God of Carnage is not exactly cinematic. The four characters and the action are confined into one New York City apartment. Thankfully the performances are excellent and the text delivers a nasty and funny satire on parental nepotism and middle-class correctness.