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GazerRise Fantastic!

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

SnoopyStyle Hallam Foe (Jamie Bell) is a teen loner. He suspects his stepmother Verity (Claire Forlani) killed his mother. He's also a peeping Tom. He is pushed out of his home by Verity and his father Julius (Ciarán Hinds) and ends up in Edinburgh. He is taken with hotel manager Kate Breck (Sophia Myles) who resembles his mother. She gives him a menial job and he starts peeping in on her. She is having an affair with married employee Alasdair.Jamie Bell continues to show that he is more than Billy Elliot. He has grown up to be a young man. He has a damaged darkness and also a sweet vulnerability. Sophia Myles also shows that duality. The movie never gets too dark. It's really interesting to see Jamie Bell expand his repertoire.

Knox D Alford III (knoxiii) Hallum Foe is a name that grabs your attention. It was well-received by over 10,000 IMDb voters and averages an impressive 7/10 stars. I believe it was made with a budget of 3 Million & got a return of about 60 Million. So, I proudly join the crowd that really enjoyed it. When it was over, and still now, I am struggling to express the reasons it was so good and almost universally appealing. Life is very tough for Hallum Foe, the main character's name. He despises one member of his family, believes another is being manipulated, and recently endured the loss of a very important part of his life. Understandably, he keeps to himself & becomes enamored in a nonsexual way to the frowned upon hobby of voyeurism. He ends up with no money in a big city & sleeps anywhere he can fit his body. Then one day he sees a girl. He engineers a scenario to talk to her because she is a stunningly gorgeous blonde professional (Sophia Myles). Sophia stole the show. While Hallum was battling adversity & falling in love with a slightly older woman (He seemed to be about 18), Sophia Myles did everything possible in her acting to come across as the most desirable woman I have seen on film in some time. She is the girlfriend & marrying type, but admits she's no good at relationships. At some point, things really start going Hallum's way & really serves as a testament to the quality of woman who seeks to understand him when 90% or more women would walk away. Hallum excels at his job & earns a promotion, & gets a number of confidence building life wins. He solves a mystery that deeply hurts him throughout the movie. Despite the sadness of where he begins, Hallum defeats all Foe's, and makes a quirky & odd journey to the other side of sadness. No wonder people love it. Who doesn't want to see a likable yet imperfect character find his stride in the face of daunting odds. Sophia really plays the all round perfect woman in ways I just don't want to give away. You have never seen a movie like this before & it is different in so many ways. It was filmed in Scotland & has appropriate British & Scottish accents that are easily understandable. The great thing is it isn't an English story, because it could be imagined in any city. I hope you enjoy the film, as you might have guessed by now, I certainly did. Knox D. Alford, III

Stampsfightclub Troubled by his mother's death, Hallam Foe (Bell) runs away to Edinburgh where he finds a woman who looks startling like his mother The nature of Hallam Foe shows a young lad fighting an onslaught of emotions after the sudden and complicated death of his mother. The suspicious nature of the death plagues Hallam and from the very beginning we have a very real and interesting mystery drama on our hands.British cinema has reawakened over the past 5 or so years. From the national biased and racist drama This is England to the sexual stereotyping social teens in Kidulthood our countries are not afraid to tackle significant and relative ideologies head on.Hallam Foe, whilst encoding conceptual meaning of peeping toms, murder and family, doesn't have the scripting to suggest it is a preacher. It feels more established, like a string of events that keeps rolling and rolling until the sharp end is strung. Everything flows very smoothly and the progression of harmless nosey Parker to obsession becomes an infatuation ideology to comprehend.The reasoning behind Hallam's curiosity is seemingly obvious and then picks up a whole different meaning after a shock night out. This 2007 picture packs a dramatic punch with Hallam's obsessive hobby and whilst the emotional depth may not be as strong as Tom Turgoose's character's bullied political stance, there is no denying the significant relevance of the, what is no now regarded as, perverse nature of the central protagonist.Jamie Bell delivers a withdrawn stance as Hallam, a clever depiction for a character who wants to conform and say what he feels whilst holding himself in his own regard. The title character is strong to lead, adds the necessary drama whilst never letting up on the controversial stalker ideology whilst never being too in your face to be a preacher.The scripting never makes you feel like you're being force fed issues and regulations like some British films do, as with East is East for example. Perhaps calling this a romantic love story with drama is too generalized. There is a significant heap of relevance and understanding to digest as Hallam tackles his way through a job with the knowledge of his step mother's nature on his conscious. Mystery, romance and drama are all present in a strongly knit script that packs comedy as well as drama.As with your typical British film the scene setting and adjustment in context is spot on. The opening scenes of Hallam walking around the country are splendid but the best shot comes when he is climbing the roofs of Edinburgh with his boss.What I must say is that whilst programmes such as Skins and films such as Brassed off all have relevance to real life is relative, Hallam Foe is perhaps a more established show that does not showcase its issues, and for that reason it is up there with the best British films. Not to mention it has the best soundtrack for any British film.

ricstar Whilst watching the film I couldn't help but feel that I shouldn't be liking this film as I watched it because of it's quite dark themes. However, I found this film very pleasant to watch because of its warm settings and engaging cinematography. The story was also complimented by the light-hearted music, taking a dark edge off of a dark theme to produce a thought-provoking film.The acting was well done - especially parts involving the sexual tension. I must say that I felt the ending was a bit of an anticlimax, however, the ending seemed to be in keeping with the style of the film, resulting in an overall success.