Six Figures
Life isn't always the way you plan it.
Jr Bourne turns in "a richly textured performance as a man whose carefully ordered life is shredded before his eyes" (Globe & Mail) in Six Figures.
Life isn't working out the way Warner Lynch planned: mid-thirties, married, two kids, a dead-end career, a cramped rental house, and an old car. His latest job has landed him and his family in a boom-town where everyone else seems to have more than Warner - and more is what he wants. But are his disappointments and frustrations powerful enough to trigger murderous anger? When his wife Claire is viciously attacked and Warner emerges as the prime suspect, the answer might be yes.
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the prosaic and the creepy - anothermug
This is an excellent portrayal of an extraordinary event that happens to an ordinary family, and the repercussions that it has. In almost all scenes, many of which are of the most mundane activities, there is always a sense of danger, ominousness, the sense that almost anything could happen. It was scary in a way that those dumb bloodfests never are. Some wooden acting, and some hokiness with the occasional hypercontrived shot, but overall excellent.Short on character development - AvidOscarBee
This film is about a family that is struggling to make ends meet, but at the same time, wants to live the high life of those in their neighbourhood. There is a past between this couple when they struggled in their marriage.
Claire (wife) is married to Warner Lynch. They have two children, Sophie (5) and Daniel (1). Claire has a typical controlling mother who cannot stop meddling in the life of her daughter and questions why Warner has not been able to find them a house yet. They are currently renting a small apartment until he can solidify his new job at Metro Organization for Resource Exchange (MORE) as he is temporarily on 3 months probation.
He lands this job as the former candidate made a mess of the books and they want Warner to fix the mess with one of their big clients and shareholders. In the meantime, Claire, who works part-time as an art facilitator, really wants to move into a home and get settled. From this pressure, they start looking for a house and settle on making an offer on a house what they love. Of course, the real estate agent tells them to overbid to ensure they get it. Warner says no to that idea and makes an offer.
When he shares the good news with his boss, he warns him that now is not a good time to buy a house because he is not permanent yet and they have to extend his probation another 3 months.
Because things are not going as well for him at work, he starts to feel pressure from home and work. Claire loves her job but wants more stability by owning a home. When her boss decides to sell her art studio, Claire has to pack up. Warner comes by to drop off the kids so he can go back to work late. They have a fight. Later, Claire is violently attacked with a hammer but she survives and remembers nothing. Here is where the cat and mouse begins of whether Warren did it. A sad tale about trying to keep up with the Joneses.
There are no end credits to this film which is completely bizarre.
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the prosaic and the creepy - anothermug
This is an excellent portrayal of an extraordinary event that happens to an ordinary family, and the repercussions that it has. In almost all scenes, many of which are of the most mundane activities, there is always a sense of danger, ominousness, the sense ...Short on character development - AvidOscarBee
This film is about a family that is struggling to make ends meet, but at the same time, wants to live the high life of those in their neighbourhood. There is a past between this couple when they struggled in their marriage.
Claire (wife) is married ...