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Watch: Collaborator 2011 123movies, Full Movie Online – Robert Longfellow is a playwright whose latest play in New York City has just bombed while his marriage is in no better shape. Seeking an escape, he travels back to Los Angeles to visit his mother, meet a dear secret girlfriend and decide on new writing opportunities. However, everything changes when his brutish childhood neighbor, Gus, takes Robert hostage with the police surrounding the house. In this situation, the strained conversations inside drift to Robert’s profession and the nature of creative writing. To placate Gus, Robert introduces him to improvisational dialogue and the pair engage in some dramatic exercises. However as they perform, the material becomes more personal as the trapped pair confront each other with hard truths that will leave neither of them unscathed..
Plot: A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run-in with his former neighbor, a right-wing ex-con.
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Ratings:

	6.0/10 Votes: 866
	73% | RottenTomatoes
	56/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 12 Popularity: 2.859 | TMDB

Reviews:

An intricate, surprising gem
I was really taken with this film. It starts off about one theme, a professional failure, and then peels away unfolding like an emotional and psychological crap shoot. It builds in tension as it discards its facade. The dialog is on point, with the protagonist, a master of language, modifying his speech and tone to better fit those he converses with: his mother, wife, an elderly neighbor, a childhood friend. The dialog serves as its own character. I found myself stepping into the protagonist’s shoes, reacting as I might to my past, taking a closer look whether I wanted to or not. Some nostalgic bells certainly rang for me, but that was the point. It is a film to watch slowly, to listen to without distraction. Perhaps it could have been tighter wound, crisper around the early edges, but then it’s supposed to come at you from behind.

Quiet little movie, carried brilliantly by its protagonists
I had the great pleasure of seeing this fine piece of filmmaking on the 2012 Shanghai International Film Festival.

Warning: There be some (minor) spoilers below!

Synopsis: Playwright-past-his-prime Robert returns home to visit his mother and cope with his own failures in both career and private life. What starts out as a slow re-track of his life’s mistakes, takes a unique turn when Gus, neighbor since childhood, comes over for a beer and brings with him a plentiful array of controversies.

Review: If you like fast-paced action and explosions – Look elsewhere. Donovan’s first try at directing is instead a quiet, yet loud little masterpiece. As the director does not shy away from even most controversial topics, at only 82′ run-time there is little overhead.

The movie, feeling more like a chamber play, is carried by its strong, realistic dialogues and the two superb protagonists. Both David Morse and Martin Donovan deliver their very best. While having a pretty obvious outcome for the main plot early on, it is the interaction between these two that kept me hooked the entire time. Most of the supporting cast is on par and the close-up and line-up camera-work, which so often fails in other movies, does remarkably well in this one and gives us some great scenes.

While addressing its serious topics with respect and subtlety, humorous moments arise often enough, and by the end of the movie we have a vivid and realistic image of two very different and unique, yet with all their faults not unlikeable characters.

One of the quiet movies that raises many more questions than it gives answers. Highly recommended – Go see it!

9/10

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 27 min (87 min), 1 hr 27 min (87 min) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Director Martin Donovan
Writer Martin Donovan
Actors Martin Donovan, David Morse, Olivia Williams
Country United States, Canada
Awards 2 wins & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Red One Camera
Laboratory Technicolor Toronto (digital intermediate)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Redcode RAW
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Redcode RAW (4K) (source format)
Printed Film Format N/A