Pontypool, pontypool, pontypool. . . Say the word - or any word that sticks with you - and you may understand it and the understanding will infect you with the virus that is going around in Pontypool Ontario. At the screening I attended the audience was right with it, listening, reacting, hanging in there with local radio station politics being set-up as a term of endearment - perhaps honey - may have triggered a psychological zombie state and the question is how to keep the scary people from breaking down the sound proof glass. The performances are the focus and bring the movie to life, disproving the usual Hollywood argument of show-don't-tell. If you are still capable of being intrigued by ideas then see Pontypool. I suspect M. Night Shymalan might have read the same book Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burges (despite the name and interest in words, apparently not related to 'Nadsat' language creator Anthony Burgess; needs one more 's'). If you didn't like The Happening, there are no guarantees here. I liked it, but I do think this movie is more satisfying and certainly demonstrates the impact of the old Aristotelian unities of time, place and conflict. Very good movie, but I give you fair warning that it is also interesting.
Review of Pontypool
