Control (2007)
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 108
Fresh: 94 | Rotten: 14
Control is a work of art, thanks to its evocative black and white cinematography and sensational performances from Sam Riley and Samantha Morton. Even those not familiar with Joy Division can still appreciate the beauty of the film.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 4
Control is a work of art, thanks to its evocative black and white cinematography and sensational performances from Sam Riley and Samantha Morton. Even those not familiar with Joy Division can still appreciate the beauty of the film.
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Prolific music-video helmer and award-winning photographer Anton Corbijn makes his feature directorial debut with this biographical drama concerning the late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. Based on the book Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis & Joy Division by the enigmatic singer's wife Deborah Curtis, Control documents the life of a legend who changed the face of modern music but never lived to witness the remarkable impact of his life's work. The time was the late 1970s, and the post-punk
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Cast
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Samantha Morton
Deborah 'Debbie' Curtis -
Sam Riley
Ian Curtis -
Alexandra Maria Lara
Annik Honoré, Annik Ho... -
Joe Anderson
Peter "Hooky" Hook -
Toby Kebbell
Rob Gretton -
Craig Parkinson
Tony Wilson -
James Anthony Pearson
Bernard Sumner -
Harry Treadaway
Steve Morris -
Andrew Sheridan
Terry -
Robert Shelly
Twinny -
Richard Bremmer
Ian's Father -
Tanya Myers
Ian's Mother -
Martha Myers-Lowe
Ian's Sister -
Matthew McNulty
Nick -
David Whittington
Chemistry Teacher -
Margaret Jackman
Mrs Brady -
Mary Jo Randle
Debbie's Mother -
Ben Naylor
Martin Hannet -
John Cooper Clarke
Himself -
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Angus Addenbrooke
Colin -
Nicola Harrison
Corrine -
June Alliss
Corrine's Mother -
George Newton
Studio Owner -
Mark Jardine
Other Band Manager -
Herbert Grönemeyer
Local GP -
Paul Arlington
Hospital Doctor -
Tim Plester
Earnest -
Joanna Swain
Maternity Nurse -
Joseph M. Marshall
Alan From Crispy Ambula... -
Laura Chambers
Claire -
Elliot Brown-Walters
Footballing Kid -
Monica Axelsson
Tony Wilson's Girlfrien... -
Lotti Closs
Gillian Gilbert -
Eady Williams
Baby Natalie
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[An] absorbing and ultimately harrowing look at Ian Curtis' short, unhappy life.
Top CriticSam Riley is fascinating as Curtis, a hypersensitive young man hobbled by his incurable disease, and Samantha Morton is poignant as his put-upon wife.
The film nails both the malaise and creative vigor of Curtis' short, bruised and chillingly relatable life.
Though Curtis is hopelessly dysfunctional, photographer-turned-filmmaker Anton Corbijn makes us achingly aware of the singer's talent, the haunting poetry of his songs and how, living in the gloomy culture he did, his passing was virtually inevitable.
A film that perfectly captures the essence of the legendary and influential cult band Joy Division and its tragic lead singer, Ian Curtis.
Control" has an unmistakable pulse: a wiry, electric tension between the extraordinary spectacle of Curtis at maximum surge and the dented ordinariness of which his undear life, like ours, was mostly composed.
The film overcomes the central miscasting of Samantha Morton.
The way Ian Curtis blocked his onstage movement mirrored isolationism in his home life. He clasped the microphone stand like a drowning man would a life preserver, but he couldn't stay afloat in dreary waters of his own creation. A seamless rock biopic.
Film %u0107e stoga biti shvatljiv samo onim gledateljima koji detalje povijesti "Joy Divisiona" i Curtisovog %u017Eivota imaju u malom prstu, a to su, dakako, najokorjeliji fanovi.
Control does justice to Curtis' legacy but fails to make any further grasps for significance.
The black-and-white photography captures the working-class milieu and the late-'70s Manchester music scene with an easy intimacy...
Control contains the truth mirrored in fictional flashes, the focus more on Curtis as a person than as a rock and roll symbol.
Um filme repleto de planos magnificamente compostos e que se tornam ainda mais impactantes graças à impecável fotografia em preto-e-branco de Martin Ruhe.
Positioning art as a necessary surrender to a creative force which removes the self dangerously from existence and society, Control intimately connects in tragic yet euphoric ways to the mixed blessing of the radically unleashed musical imagination.
Positioning art as a necessary surrender to a creative force which removes the self dangerously from existence and society, Control intimately connects in tragic yet euphoric ways to the mixed blessing of the radically unleashed musical imagination.
Some of Riley's musical performances are electrifying. This would not be a bad movie at all, except for the infuriatingly romantic portrayal of suicide.
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- Control: La vida de Ian Curtis (ES)
