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Movie Review: Chronic

You'll need some chronic after this. Review by Brandon Wolfe David (Tim Roth) is a hospice nurse who displays a deep level of commitment toward his charges, taking exceptionally focused care of them as their bodies slowly and agonizingly falter. There’s a quiet professionalism to how David goes about his work. So devout he is to his calling that he will willingly take on extra shifts just to continue his caregiving uninterrupted. He will go so far as to watch pornography at the behest of an elder client who doesn’t want to watch it alone. But David’s seeming devotion also grows peculiar as we glimpse flashes of his personal life. He purloins aspects of his clients’ lives as parts of his own during casual conversations with strangers. He also appears to be stalking a young woman in his spare time, both on Facebook and in his car. Also, he enjoys jogging. This is the setup for Michel Franco’s Chronic , a miserablist character study that never locates its own pulse. F

Enjoy CHRONIC On DVD, Digital HD & On Demand February 28th Starring Tim Roth

Take home one of this year’s most riveting dramas when CHRONIC, starring Academy Award nominee Tim Roth , arrives on DVD, Digital HD and On Demand February 28 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Embrace the moving story of one of this year’s most riveting dramas when Chronic arrives on DVD, Digital HD and On Demand February 28 from Lionsgate. Nominated for Best Feature and Best Actor at the 2017 Independent Spirt Awards, Academy Award® Nominee Tim Roth (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Rob Roy, 1995) shines as a compassionate home-care nurse who emotionally bonds with his terminally ill patients. Praised as “a somber, intelligent, finely composed study of one man’s emotional endgame” by The Guardian, Chronic won Best Screenplay at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Tim Roth gives an astonishing performance in this acclaimed film about a dedicated home-care nurse who finds that he needs his patients as much as they need him. Please Leave A Comment-