Show of Hands

2008
1h 39m

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Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, William Johnson, Stephen Lovatt, and Semu Filipo in Show of Hands (2008)

Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greeting-card salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do anything to win. They are just two of the comp... Read allJess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greeting-card salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do anything to win. They are just two of the competitors in a grueling endurance test to win a car: whoever keeps a hand on it the longest ... Read allJess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greeting-card salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do anything to win. They are just two of the competitors in a grueling endurance test to win a car: whoever keeps a hand on it the longest wins. As the sleepless days wear by, what price will they pay for winning this competition... Read all

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6.2/10

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- 3 nominations

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Trivia
Gwendoline Taylor's debut.

Quotes
Jess: [from trailer] I don't know what your problem is but I bet it's hard to pronounce.

Soundtracks
Falling or Flying
Written by Don McGlashan
Performed by Reb Fountain with the Seven Sisters
Courtesy of Native Tongue Publishing Limited

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9/10

Charming, witty, original

This opera prima is as good as it gets. Beyond a simple premise, multiple existential and emotional issues are explored in sensitive ways. This is a fresh new approach to intelligent, creative and great quality movie-making. Basic human decency is juxtaposed with greed and treachery in such a way that makes you a better person when you leave the theater. Above all, it keeps your interest all along, you do not want it to end. Life and death, love and hate, aggressiveness and submission are shown within the context of a commercial situation which turns into a whirlwind of twists and turns with totally original and unexpected developments.