Old Stock is a gentle and wryly amusing film following a
young man, Stock …, who has moved into his grandfather’s retirement home, and
retired from life, following his involvement in a serious accident. Although the film isn't going to change the
world, it starts from a nice different idea and plays it out well, tackling
ideas around guilt and the choices people make to engage with life and the
people around them in an engaging manner.
The film isn't necessarily told in the most original way,
and is largely what you’d expect from a quirky indie, but it is still very
enjoyable, with really good central performances and some good, funny, set
pieces and ideas. The central conceit of
such a young man happy to have retired from life may not be the most credible
or believable if the film didn't handle it so well, setting it within the
character’s emotional decision making rather than his whole character and
making it a hook for the story rather than the driver. Using this as a jumping off point rather than
the framework for the film is one of the things the film does well as it leaves
more room for the stories to shine.
The visuals are nicely done, and it gives a sense of a town
not much less sleepy than the retirement home itself. The relationships between the characters are
believable and feel like they are genuinely developing rather than forced in a
certain way to drive other aspects of the plot.
These are characters
that it is interesting to spend an hour and a half with and a film with handles
its amusing and heartfelt tone well, so even though not life changing, it’s an
enjoyable, very funny, and warm-hearted film.
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