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Title: $2.49 gets you a packet of bullets
Review: What a rewarding film this is. It is wonderfully cast and expertly directed - by first time director Tom Ford who is a self confessed Christopher Isherwood tragic. I really enjoyed the performances of all the cast - Colin Firth was an intriguing presence and 'Malibu' Nicholas Hoult was suitably seductive as the ingenu leading his professor to a gentler death. He didn't go to bed with the professor, but rather with the professor's .38 revolver. (So what would his reaction have been on waking the next morning to find his mentor expired? Percussive?) This is a fine film - nominated for two Academy Awards in 2010 - Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
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