A kidnapped brute finds the tables turned in ‘Heel’
Who would disrupt this troublemaker’s life with a kidnapping meant to change him? The family responsible is strangely detached and rigidly follows rules: Chris (Stephen Graham) is quiet and unassuming, Catherine (Andrea Riseborough) is troubled, and their son Jonathan (Kit Rakusen) is well-mannered. They feel like characters pulled from the dark and unsettling worlds of Edward Gorey and Harold Pinter. Director Jakub Komasa blends fragmented storytelling with a disturbing moral compass in Bartek Bartosik’s script, creating a film, “Heel,” that is both bizarre and powerfully unsettling, often feeling more complex and impactful than it initially seems.
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