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#123movies #fmovies #putlocker #gomovies #solarmovie #soap2day Watch Full Movie Online Free – Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from Great Britain, this movie follows the young Ralph Compton (Zac Fox), at eleven, through his parents’ traumatic separation, till he’s fourteen (played by Nicholas Hoult). It was written and directed by Richard E. Grant, and based on true events from Grant’s childhood.
Plot: Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents’ traumatic separation, till he’s 14.
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Ratings:

	6.8/10 Votes: 3,109
	54%
	61/100
	6.1 Votes: 20 Popularity: 2.729

Reviews:

Wonderful film
I’ve passed this one on the shelf a dozen times and happened to pick it up as my wife doesn’t like dark comedy, shoot’em-ups or slap-stick. I knew it was a winner just seeing Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson and Emily Watson. But, the story was excellent, young Nicholas Hoult was outstanding with the support of such talent like Julia Waters, Celia Imrie. Writer/Director Richard E. Grant has captured the petty intrigues and back-biting found in the British ex-pat colonial service of the 60s, along with the trysts, scandals and class distinction. The setting and depiction of the African scenes are breathtaking, albeit the focus is on the Brits in the process of returning this country to the Swazi. All in all, a great story, rife with human interest, fraught with human frailties and painted on a touching but not maudlin canvas and well worth watching.

It’s just that good
This is the kind of movie I desperately hope for when I go to the cinema: A great story with great acting – everything else is window dressing. The British withdrawal from Swaziland forms a quite distant backdrop for this family melodrama. Absolute powerhouse performances from Gabriel Byrne (as an alcoholic divorcée) and Emily Watson (as an out of place American) join a watershed performance form the young Nicholas Hoult (from About a Boy), whose transformation from young boy to young man was one of the most compelling and convincing I have ever seen. The plot moves very rapidly through an endless cycle of unhappiness, family breakdown, drunkenness – and yet somehow, in the midst of this relentless pace, we feel for every character, and experience every emotion.

This directorial debut goes so many places – staging a musical, many puppet shows, exploring the clash of three cultures, the ugly face of racism, a boy’s coming of age – and yet the central narrative of a boy trying to find grounding in the midst of a tumultuous family life is brilliantly conceived, and always at the forefront. The auburn palette of the film is accentuated by over-exposed shots and intimate camera angles; this movie brings a small, insular circle of families to life, and while it makes no pretension to explore African culture (this itself is pointed, since the Brits were so racist), it explores the crisis of the modern family as well as cinema can possibly hope to.

The tragic, show stopping revelation at the end concerning Byrne’s character demands the whole movie be re-watched; it is an epiphany for Hoult, and it just may leave you thinking for a long time to come: What is the essence of a family? If love isn’t enough, what is? There is a scene in the middle of the film where Hoult is transposed with Malclom McDowell’s character from A Clockwork Orange. By the end of the movie I had my mind made up: Yes, Wah Wah can indeed stand proudly alongside the great films of cinema history, it’s just that good.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr (120 min), 2 hr (120 min) (USA), 2 hr (120 min) (Argentina), 1 hr 37 min (97 min) (Toronto International) (Canada)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Richard E. Grant
Writer Richard E. Grant
Actors Nicholas Hoult, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson
Country United Kingdom, France, South Africa
Awards 5 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital, DTS
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Laboratoires Éclair, Paris, France
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Super 35
Printed Film Format 35 mm