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Writer-director Rob Grant’s viciously funny horror comedy Harpoon, about three “friends” marooned on a drifting yacht with no food or water, explores the toxic relationships between the wealthy Richie, his girlfriend Sasha, and their friend Jonah.
- “The Sea Finds Out Everything You’Ve Done wrong.”
- Diverting Direction & Control
- Harpoon Reels You Into A Stomach-Churning Boat Trip
The film opens to Gelman’s blunt narration, which operates as a sustained dark comedy mechanism while also categorically expressing the levels of friendship: The friendship of utility (like a co-worker), the friendship of pleasure, and friendship of the good (mutual respect). As Gelman enlightens us during the first few minutes, Grant goes on to li...
In this brisk 80-minute horror-comedy, you’ll squirm and smirk, laugh and gasp. Grant’s execution is consistently self-aware: Sasha references Edgar Allan Poe and the Life of Pi, while Jonah cites the original tale of Richard Parker’s bad luck. By no means are the literary references subtle, they aren’t supposed to be, but they’re also introduced a...
The stability between black comedy and horror does get a bit muddled in the end — as the tonal movements become abrupt — but it’s still continually amusing. Rob Grant’s Harpoon is a mean-spirited genre film, meshing lurid blood splatter, contumelious repartee and mental deterioration. Richard, Jonah and Sasha are caught in a love triangle, heading ...
Oct 5, 2019 · One of the standout films at this year’s Fantasia, Rob Grant’s Harpoon has gone on to make a big impression on the festival circuit. It’s the story of three people stranded together on a boat, their longstanding friendship quickly giving way to treachery – but if you think that sounds like familiar stuff, it will surprise you.
Oct 8, 2019 · To misappropriate 16th century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes’ most famous utterance, Harpoon is “nasty, brutish and short”. But in a good way – a very good way! And while it’s not a deep dive, chin-stroking treatise, neither is it shallow-end fluff.
- USA
- Rob Grant
- 2019
A day trip on a yacht turns into a grueling life-or-death ordeal for three disloyal friends in Rob Grant's energetically snarky thriller. Prolific Canadian writer-director Rob Grant, who’s made ...
Oct 19, 2019 · The only moments where Harpoon slows are for its Tarantino-esque forays into slo-mo, complete with ironically upbeat soul music. Other than these needless digressions, the film is efficiently shot and snappily edited.
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A B-movie with an A-level commitment to entertain, Harpoon should hit the target with horror fans in the mood for gory, darkly humorous antics on the open water. Read Critics Reviews
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