Another month another chefs recommended dish. I was torn between a few this time but I had to go for the once that left me shaking, pale and dying for a stiff drink.
Needless to say Buried isn’t the type of film suitable for every occasion (Don’t watch it right before you go out for a night on the town) but when the right occasion comes along it’s a masterpiece. If the plot was made into a rudimentary equation it would look something like this…Ryan Reynolds - the beef cake + a tiny box = Buried. Lets be honest here, Ryan Reynolds isn’t really known for his great acting chops. Go on I dare you to name me two well acted Reynolds films. Personally I’ve always found him in his early stuff to be a B grade Jim Carrey impersonator, and when you love Jim Carrey enough its not ever really a bad thing. All that aside I think Buried is the first film he made that really pushes him as a actor. The concept of an entire film just happening in a rudimentary coffin with one actor on screen seems like it could wear thin very quickly. But it just doesn’t. Reynolds (excuse the terrible pun) pulls one out of the box.He’s believable, likeable and puts the viewer along side him in the claustrophobic space. A high concept film with a pretty dang good actor. Now if he’d just stop prancing around in a CGI skin tight green suit we might have an Oscar contender in a few years.
