Description

Hallam Foe 2007
R | 1h 35min | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 20 March 2008 (Hungary)

Storyline:

The seventeen year-old Hallam Foe is a weird teenager that misses his mother, who committed suicide by drowning in a lake near their house in Edinburgh after an overdose of sleeping pills. Hallam spends his spare time peeping at the locals and blames his stepmother Verity Foe, accusing her of killing his mother. After a discussion with his father Julius Foe, Hallam sneaks out from his house and travels to Edinburgh, where he sees Kate Breck and becomes obsessed with her because of her resemblance to his mother. Kate hires Hallam to work in the kitchen of the hotel where she works and they have a strange romance, while Hallam reaches his maturity in the hardest way.

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong sexual content and language

User review:

Excellent and spot on movie. Not only is this so well directed and acted, it has a difficult story to tell and convinces us 100% time. It is certainly in part the performance of Jamie Bell that helps us take this story of a peeping tom hero on board so effortlessly, but because everything else also buzzes so authentically, we can only conclude that , for once, we have a superb script. I didn’t notice one word of dialogue that jarred and this when we have such taboo items up for discussion and for the doing of! Bell as mentioned is excellent but so are all the cast and because I do mean all we have to conclude that Mr Mackenzie has a rare actor directing skill. Sophia Myles is also well worthy of mention, and seems capable of disarming changes that always seem likely to catch one off guard. Funny, affecting, stimulating, sexy, stylish and not a little alarming. Do not miss this movie.

Director: David Mackenzie
Writers: Peter Jinks (novel), David Mackenzie (screenplay)
Stars: Jamie Bell, Ruth Milne, John Paul Lawler
Country: UK
Language: English
Release Date: 20 March 2008 (Hungary)
Also Known As: Mister Foe
Filming Locations: Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

7.0Rating: 7.0 / 10 from 11,818 users

Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.