James’ 30 Second Film Review – “Carnage” (2012)
The film was enjoyable, if a little claustrophobic with it all being set in one place – Penelope and Michael’s home. John C Reilly and Kate Winslet stole the show for me; which is interesting as when I read the script in December 2010 it was Jodie Foster and Christopher Waltz’s characters who were the stronger and superior ones.
We have Alan (Christopher Waltz) on/using his BlackBerry Bold throughout the film. As an attorney, he is working on a very important case and can’t resist answering his phone while talking with the other three characters about the incident that has happened between their respective kids. He is on his phone constantly, and this contributes to the tensions between both couples as the film goes on.
In pre-production we also declined a paid for placement opportunity for another client; it was in breach of their marketing code and having now seen the notorious ‘barfing’ scene on the big screen that was definitely the right course of action to take!



