Hospitality (2005)

- written October 2008

Summary: The story of 25 year old Teddy, a privileged young New Yorker who has retreated to the mountainous woods of Vermont to take advantage of his parent's beautiful winter house and enjoy the last weekend before the snow melts.           Waking up the day after a raucous birthday party, Teddy inspects the damage inflicted upon his parent's cozy weekend get away. Amongst the copious amounts of empty beer cans and general celebratory refuse, Teddy discovers that two guests from the previous evening somehow failed to make their exit.           Paul and Craig are strangers but they are apologetic, willing to help him clean, and are able to drop the names that make Teddy comfortable enough to let them stay; that is until he wants them to leave. Unfortunately, Paul and Craig don't really feel like going anywhere, at least not until they finish doing what they came to do.           Overall: The film is in black and white and it slowly builds over the course of our time for our big climax. There is a lot to like about this film. We learn a bit about each character and as time passes we start to wonder exactly how it’s gonna play out. We are withheld from the secret for quite a while as we struggle to think if the 2 visitors are there just to kill or do they have other aspirations. And what’s quite interesting about it, is the fact once the bad guys get what they want, they can simply leave. But there is something they don’t like about Teddy that turns this whole event into a learning experience, figuring they can both get what they came for and teach Teddy a lesson at the same time. The dialogue is quite witty and even though you think the beginning is all mindless chit chat, as the film progresses you realize everything will be used later on at some point. There's some good stuff here and definitely worth watching!           Comparison: Pacific Heights meets The Strangers

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