{"id":2647,"date":"2013-03-22T15:08:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T14:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2013-03-22T15:08:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T14:08:41","slug":"compliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2013\/03\/22\/compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Compliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\nFormat:<\/B> Cinema

\nRelease date:<\/B> 22 March 2013

\nVenues:<\/B> Key cities

\nDistributor:<\/B> Soda Pictures

\nDirector:<\/B> Craig Zobel

\nWriter:<\/B> Craig Zobel

\nCast:<\/B> Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy

\nUSA 2012

\n90 mins\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

An effective, nasty little film from Craig Zobel. Something fishy is up at the Chick-wich fast food outlet, it’s a busy day and they’re low on bacon, when police officer Daniels phones to accuse one of their members of staff, Becky (Dreama Walker), of theft. Stressed manager Sandra (Ann Dowd) goes along with his requests, searching Becky\u2019s things, and then, at his repeated insistence, strip-searches Becky herself. So far, so creepy, but as the day wears on and the promised cops fail to show up, the demands of Officer Daniels become more and more extreme…<\/p>\n

Zobel clearly wants to make you feel uncomfortable and does a great job of it, stretching out the moments of stilted conversation, dawning realisation and disbelief. His film walks a fine tightrope – how far can he push this? You find yourself in a state of growing anger, hoping that someone on screen will have the balls to question the caller, or refuse his demands. Which I guess is the point. I doubt I was the only one to recall Stanley Milgram’s psychological experiments of the 60s. How far do you obey authority’s demands? What are you willing to do if given permission? Big questions for what some would dismiss as a horrible piece of exploitation. But then Zobel has the ultimate get-out clause in that Compliance<\/i> is based on true events, that happened over and over again.<\/p>\n

Although the film isn’t particularly explicit, it clearly crossed a line for many in the packed audience I was in. The sound of seats flipping up started at about the half-hour mark, and built to a crescendo, with one man yelling, \u2018come on every body, time to leave!\u2019 as Becky’s humiliation continued. The majority of us stayed though, squirming in the dark. I guess we were compliant. <\/p>\n

This review was first published as part of our London Film Festival 2012 coverage<\/A>.<\/div>\n

Mark Stafford<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n

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An effective, nasty little film from Craig Zobel.
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