Past Perfect
2002 Review
By: Liam Lacey Globe and Mail
A tender, small-scale movie that feels like a theatrical two-hander expanded to the screen. The piece is distinguished by smart writing (from screenwriter, star and director Daniel MacIvor), a clever double-time scheme that marks the beginning and (probable) end of a relationship, as well as good performances by principles MacIvor and Rebecca Jenkins. The two meet on an airplane in Halifax; he's a neurotic and prickly professor seeking a new job out west; she's a gardener returning to Vancouver after a disastrous romantic trip. One part of the story follows their meeting on the plane; the second follows the subsequent unravelling of their relationship.
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2002 Review
By: Liam Lacey Globe and Mail
A tender, small-scale movie that feels like a theatrical two-hander expanded to the screen. The piece is distinguished by smart writing (from screenwriter, star and director Daniel MacIvor), a clever double-time scheme that marks the beginning and (probable) end of a relationship, as well as good performances by principles MacIvor and Rebecca Jenkins. The two meet on an airplane in Halifax; he's a neurotic and prickly professor seeking a new job out west; she's a gardener returning to Vancouver after a disastrous romantic trip. One part of the story follows their meeting on the plane; the second follows the subsequent unravelling of their relationship.
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