Junkhearts

A Soda Pictures relieve a Coded Pictures and Hustle Prods. presentation. Produced by Karen Katz. Directed by Tinge Krishnan. Script, Simon Frank.With: Eddie Marsan, Candese Reid, Romola Garai, Tom Sturridge, Valerie Gogan, John Boyega, Chris Coghill.That hoary proverb about charitable organization beginning in your house would appear to become the muse for shorts director Tinge Krishnan's murky debut feature, "Junkhearts." Nevertheless the moral from the structurally addled urban drama may be made clear one other way: It's generally not suggested to permit destitute addicts transfer for your apartment. Youth violence, publish-Iraq trauma as well as the class ladder are most likely the floating concerns of Simon Frank's alarmist script, nevertheless the compressed, splintered narrative offers no room to educate yourself regarding one coherently. Presence of Eddie Marsan and Romola Garai as headliners won't be sufficient to draw eyeballs outdoors the U.K. In bleakest East London, brooding ex-soldier Frank (Marsan) rather rashly consumes prickly black teen Lynette (erratic newcomer Candese Reid), who's sleeping outdoors his local liquor store sadly, her volatile Irish boyfriend, Danny (Tom Sturridge, miscast), follows. Elsewhere, chic career lady Christine (Garai) frenetically juggles single motherhood, employment together with a strong drug habit: This parallel thread isn't visited, nonetheless its link to Marsan's story is simply too apparent. Logic falters since the pic pushes for cheaply ironic reversals over-ambitious, focus-shy lensing style doesn't clarify matters.Camera (color), Catherine Derry editor, Alastair Reid music, Christopher N. Bangs production designer, Kristian Milsted costume designer, Camille Benda. Examined at BFI Southbank, London, Sept. 26, 2011. (Also london Film Festival -- New British Cinema.) Running time: 95 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com