Four Lions (2010), UK, pokes fun at Jihad and serves up a reasonable funny film about a group of disenfranchised Islamic followers who are planning a terrorist attack in England. The film moves along at reasonable pace as these shambolic terrorist make a complete utter balls up of their attack. Partly slapstick and ridiculous humour does fall flat in parts but keeps enough of the laughs to keep most people happy. This film has had strong buzz since it's world premiere at Sundance and sold out both sessions at MIFF.
Kanikosen (2009), Japan, was by far the most disappointing film of the festival so far. The film felt like a play that has been filmed and wasn't cinematic at all. The screening was helped by starting over twenty minutes late and then the film stopped halfway through due to technical problems which gave the audience an impromptu intermission of ten minutes which certainly did enhance the film. The entire film took place on a canning ship as the workers ended up revolting against their employers. This is the first significant miss of the festival for myself and I was glad when the film got to the end.
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