Carnage

Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Genre: Comedy/Drama 2011
Running time: 80 mins.
Rating: ★★★★

After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage.

The music score in the beginning is perfect. It gives the feeling that  fight between the two boys is a choreography ballet scene. You know whats being said without having to hear any dialogue. Wonderful selection of actors to play the parents. The tension that builds between the "laid back liberal" parents and the "uptight conservative" parents is comical and rightfully awkward. You're left wondering who the real children are, as the adults true colors are revealed. The two boys duking it out seem insignificant compared to the duking out of both their parents. The turning on each other is fantastic! Love the fact the entire movie is shot in this apartment! A great throwback to movies in the 1960's, especially to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

The ending is just as perfect as the beginning, the result of after the "storm". The children being the adults of the situation!!