Pontypool Review

Review of Pontypool (2008) by screenqueeen: 👍 4/5

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An absolute delight to see, but mostly hear, unfold. The little developments that Mazzy gets wind of and delivers in the hopes that other and larger reputable news sources could confirm but never do become so tense we're crestfallen when it becomes evident that CLSY is the authority on the happenings in Pontypool. In my mind this explores a conceptual conundrum tangential to Denis Villeneuve's ARRIVAL, just completely opposite in scope but well within the confines of genre cinema. It would be interesting to have this follow as a second feature after that and see if there are any new thoughts between how the written word communicates both with and against the spoken word. The only thing in PONTYPOOL that I don't get is the throwaway comedic staging of Islamophobia. It's an ugly choice in an otherwise excellent movie.