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by Harley Tucker, published on June 11, 2010 - 11:34 AM In Peacock, Nebraska, a split personality emerges and begins to disentangle in the recently Direct-to-DVD movie, Peacock. It’s too bad the film didn’t find a home in theaters, especially with the amount of “big name” actors in the film, because the acting is superb and the story grabs you. While the rope of suspense is pulled in one direction, the unique character portrayals pull back in the tug of war of Peacock. Peacock stars Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later, Red Eye) as John Skillpa, a quiet bank employee who secretly lives a double life. Before his work day begins, John is Emma, a woman who prepares his breakfast and laundry in the morning. Once 8:15 arrives, Emma goes away, leaving John to the rest of his day. No one would ever know about this except for one morning, while Emma is hanging the laundry on the clothesline, a train caboose derails into the backyard. Neighbors hurry to see what happened and if anyone was hurt, finding Emma startled, running back into the house only saying “I live here”. To put it gently, the people of Peacock know John is a little eccentric, but with the woman living in the house, rumors of Emma being John’s wife morph into fact and things slowly start to unravel for John. Then when a couple want to use John’s backyard as the backdrop for a rally, Emma okay’s the decision much to John’s dismay. Thrown into this mix is Maggie, played by Ellen Page, who has a very sordid history with John. Emma befriends her and Jon doesn't like that at all. Murphy really gives an award winning performance playing a man with split personality. The pain in his face when he has trouble just talking to a neighbor early in the film really shows that John’s been through a lot and has had trouble coping since his mother died. The beginning of the film briefly walks us through what John must have gone through as a child, with a hard as nails and downright unloving mother. As the film progresses, both of John’s personalities unravel, in separate but equally disturbing ways. Although their roles are small, Sarandon, Lucas and even Bill Pullman give great performances in this movie. The standout with Murphy though is Page, playing a single mother desperately trying to get out of Peacock. Everyone seemed to fall in love with Page as the loveable Juno, and rightly so. But this film really shows she’s got the chops to pull out a deeper and grittier performance. Peacock went straight to DVD, so you can find it through amazon or any other online retailer. It’s also available through Red Box though throughout the Coachella Valley. One location that has the film is the Red Box inside Albertson's in Rancho Mirage. That' location can be found at 40101 Monterey Ave. Rancho Mirage, CA 92270. Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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