A wild young man, Tommy (Ansoon Boon), drinks hard, takes hard drugs, gets with multiple women (during the same night), and parties like there's no tomorrow. When he mysteriously appears in the basement of a married couple, Chris and Kathryn (Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough), chained by the neck, little does he know the rehabilitation program they have in mind for him. But why? And who are these people? Eventually we learn some things, and are equally left in the dark about the rest. Just like Tommy.
Jan Komasa's Heel (also known as Good Boy in some markets) is a mature, original drama, one that examines an isolated family dealing with grief (allegedly) and a young man who's been on the wrong side of the tracks for... well... likely all his life. The third act features a brief stint of violence that ends before it ever really begins, and the final scene is surprisingly uplifting in unforeseen ways. Heel deserves a wider audience; here's hoping it finds one on video/streaming platforms.
☆☆☆
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