FrightFest 2011: The Glass Guy Reaction

Martin Pyrite (Andy Nyman) is getting the worst day ever. It's 2010, smack in the center of the economic crisis. He's lost his job, got a piss-poor reference with no one at work will speak with him. He's as much as his eyes indebted, he can't quite bring themself to inform his beautiful top quality wife (Neve Campbell), and today someone's nicked his bloody watch. And it is going to worsen...The 2nd feature from Footballer's Spouses actor Cristian Solimeno is really a resolutely British slow burners, tea and biscuits and all sorts of.Creating progressively, maintaining a deliberately stately pace throughout, The Glass Guy begins as low-key comedy drama gathering handfuls of hysteria but focusing more about atmosphere and downbeat dialogue than action or momentum.Nyman as sad sack Pyrite, Campbell rocking a refreshing developed role and sporting one half decent British accent, and Solimeno themself (inside a supporting role as Pyrite's effective superstar mate), all impress, getting believability, nuance and sympathy to somewhat under investigated figures James Cosmo, because the unpredictable stranger who makes Pyrite a Faustian offer he can't refuse brings a extra degree of unpredictability and intrigue, resulting in a wise, pleasing and unpredicted third act reveal.Entertaining, surprising, touching to some extent, The Glass Man's unnecessarily bloated length (103 mins), languorous pacing and repetitive character, combined using the simplicity (insubstantiality?) from the story itself allows it lower.This feels as though TV. Great TV, mind - an ideal 60 minute BBC special, the whole office could be speaking about the following day.It split audiences, it triggered discussion using the FF crowd and it is really worth a wrist watch, but tend to be one for DVD.