Flashbacks of a Fool 2008 123movies

Watch: Flashbacks of a Fool 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970’s Britain. Hollywood star Joe is now a teenage boy in a tentative relationship with a school-girl called Ruth. Further, his mother’s friend, Evelyn, is attempting to seduce him. Engulfed by guilt at the unintended, tragic consequences of his subterfuge, he leaves home. The movie then switches back to contemporary Hollywood. Joe confronts his fear and returns to England for a difficult meeting with Ruth, who had gone on to marry Boots and has been a left a poor widow..
Plot: An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970’s Britain.
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Ratings:

	6.8/10 Votes: 12,586
	38% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 109 Popularity: 8.956 | TMDB

Reviews:

Quite possibly my favourite movie of 2008 – A story told with heartfelt emotion
There’s a saying I heard a long time ago… “The person that’s got everything has nothing” and this movie kind of explains one way of looking at it (in my opinion).

In a materialistic influenced world we live in it can be easy to fall into how believing happiness and wellbeing comes only from having all the things wealth can bring i.e. the clean cut minimalist house walking out onto the white sand overlooking a beautiful serene sea, a selection of gleaming new sports cars, the tailored clothes etc etc. But I guess for some people who have reached this place/goal in their life have focused on the goal so much that they’ve forgotten where they’ve come from and what they may have been running from.

Now what this gem of a movie does is carefully and meticulously unravel the story of a troubled man in this very situation, dealing with the daemons of his past, the spontaneous difficult decisions he had to make as a boy which has carved this stone cold embodiment of a man on the edge of existence.

Now I’m not going to break down and dissect this film and give a whole rundown on how and why I think this is a great movie but I will say this. The story of a nasty main character (amazing job from both Daniel Craig and Harry Eden) and showing the world that he lives in and lived in by slowly letting the viewer past his metaphorical protective wall while allowing the viewer to piece together how and why he is the way he is, is presented exquisitely.

I don’t want to give anything away on the plot and story but I have to say there where two parts that absolutely blew me away and I’ll just give you a vague hint. One involving a shot of artwork with intention of displaying a contrast of relation between the background and foreground giving an artistic viewpoint on the real subject matter (works on so many levels) and the other being a close up shot which encapsulated a lot of emotion and made my heart just drop.

all in all the whole production was done well, especially the editing (even though it’s obviously apparent they had some great content to work with) and did, for me, what all great stories do, kept me entertained through demanding my full attention and rewarding that attention in the form of an emotional roller-coaster.

Last note: please try not to second guess while trying to predict what’s coming next and how it ends. Just enjoy the story that is being told because it’s been executed very well.

PS: I would have given this a 10 but wanted other readers to take this review seriously as I do love the art of storytelling, especially a good movie and it’s unfortunate that there’s too many marketing teams pushing up star ratings here on IMDb.

Thanks for reading my first review and I hope you enjoy “Flashbacks of a Fool” as much as I did.

A first rate drama, that should have had a better release.
Hollywood film distributors missed the boat again.

This fine drama had release in October 2008 & disappeared.

The reason for this is that it is a dramatic with little humour & a

tragedy which I feel is the crux of the movie. It is also an old fashioned love story.

Daniel Craig is excellent as a faded almost washed up film star who must go back to his home town after 25 years for a funeral. We do go back & relive certain events in his teen years, that has shaped him as an adult.

Harry Eden is equally excellent, our hero as a 16 year old. There are some delightful scenes of youthful frivolity, (Boys will be boys). He has a sexual relationship with an lightly older woman that is done very well, The sex scenes are very well done & believable,

There is also a song score that fits the mood of the film perfectly & 2 songs are done live.

Baille Walsh wrote & directed this with loving care.

The acting by all is first rate.. Daniel Craig as far as I am concerned fits this role like a glove, Thus is the type role he belongs with, NOT James Bond. I definitely want to see young Mr Eden in another few films.

The movie was filmed in South Africa ,The scenery is fantastic.

See this film,if you are a lover of good drams & excellent acting, by basically unknowns, SOME of the performers WILL be STARS of the future.

Ratings: ***1/2 (out of 4) 92 points (out of 100) IMDb 9 (out of 10)

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 49 min (109 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 1107542
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama
Director Baillie Walsh
Writer Baillie Walsh
Actors Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Eve
Country United Kingdom
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2, Panavision Primo and E-Series Lenses
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm