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The Clinic Review

  • Jul. 31st, 2010 at 12:33 AM

Just saw Tabrett's new movie "The Clinic" In Sydney. Here is my review.

If you don't know what the movie is about, here is a quick breakdown.

Pregnant Beth (Tabrett) and her fiance stop at a seedy motel. Her fiance goes out to get some food and returns to find Beth gone, nowhere to be found. Beth wakes up in a tub of ice with her baby removed from her and thus starts the story of her survival and finding out what the hell is going on.

I personally loved the movie, it was really well done in a way where you feel for the characters especially Beth, she is heartbreaking as a mother trying to find her baby. Tabrett plays this role flawlessly. Her performance blew me away. I have only ever seen her as the Badass Mord'Sith, this role is at the complete opposite end of the acting spectrum. You believe she is going through an ordeal and you believe that she will stop at nothing to get her baby back. She was truly amazing, I cannot say enough good things about her performance, she will go far in this business. As far as the chemistry between Andy and Tabrett, it was totally there, you believed they were totally in love with each other.

The movie itself was very well done, in a way where it was creepy but not gory. The characters were drawn well, you knew everyone's personalty right off the bat and you knew exactly what was going on. I love horror movies but lately they have been dreadful, this movie redeems this genre and it is Australian which is even better, being Australian myself I really loved how well this movie was done. The mystery surrounding the story was done in a way where you don't ask yourself "Whats going on"? It left you with enough to wet your appetite but to not know everything.

The ending was great, I have a real issue with endings of movies cause most endings are bullshit but the twist in this movie I did not see coming and complimented the movie as a whole quite nicely.

There were a few parts, that were quite heart pumping these were due to Tabrett's convincing performance. A particular part near the end of the movie was really un-nerving. When you see it you should know what I am talking about. There was only one bit which I absolutely hated and wondered why they effing did that!

Alright so the nudity scene people are talking about. YES Tabrett is naked. Yes you see pretty much everything but she has a hot body so meh.  Did I mention the awesomeness of Tabrett's performance? Sorry but I just cannot get over how great she is in this!

Tabrett was not there. I would have liked to have told her how great her performance was. She was at the Melbourne screening, why not the Sydney one? I had a gift for her from the Seeker Fandom, now I dunno what imma do with it!. I think the producer or director was sitting in front of me cause he was counting how many people were in the cinema and yes it was pretty much full. Also after the movie I was talking about how Tabrett is my girl crush and how awesome she is and his head was turned as in listening to what I was saying and he was smiling. OR it could have been some random weirdo dude....

If I were to give it a rating out of 10 it would be an 8.5

Comments

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[info]kisstherain1 wrote:
Jul. 30th, 2010 02:47 pm (UTC)
Good to hear that it wasn't just another bad Aussie movie. Would be great if it could revive the industry. hee.

Sounds like Tab did an amazing job, hopefully she'll get an award or something for her hard work. And that would be so funny if it actually was the Director/Producer that heard you say that Tab was your girl crush. haha.

Can't wait to see it!
[info]necros_hun wrote:
Jul. 30th, 2010 03:17 pm (UTC)
Awesome review, thanks! :)

"Did I mention the awesomeness of Tabrett's performance? Sorry but I just cannot get over how great she is in this!"
Usually I can be distracted pretty easily when a beautiful actress is on screen, instead of paying attention to what she is saying/doing. I mean, I'm a red blooded guy, so no surprise there. :) But this has never happened while watching Tab as Cara. Don't get me wrong, she is one of the hottest, most beautiful women I've ever seen and the Mord-Sith outfit just screems "sexy", but just like you, I have to focus on Tabrett's performance instead. Of course when I've seen the episode or just her scenes a few times, I'll "take a look", but you just don't want to miss her facial expressions, and her performance as a whole, but especially her eyes, she can say so much with them. So, to stop my rambling, I'm glad you think the same way. :) And I've read great things about her in this film already but it's always good to see that everybody has the same opinion = Tabrett is amazing.

I can't wait to see this film!
[info]chatterchops1 wrote:
Jul. 30th, 2010 03:46 pm (UTC)
So jeal..I mean so happy you got to see the movie. Bummer that Tab wasn't there. Sounds like this preview was put together rather quickly. Hopefully she will be at the next one and you can tell us how lovely she is in person. =)
Can't wait to see this film for a bunch of reasons.
Tab
Tabby
Tabrett
Do really wanna hear her voice though. To you Aussies I'm sure it's nothing special. To me, well, to hear her speak makes my knees weak and my heart flutter.

Thanks for the review!
[info]beautifullauren wrote:
Jul. 30th, 2010 03:50 pm (UTC)
Great review, can't wait to see this.
It's a shame you didn't get to meet her. :( I hope that producer/director heard what you said so he can tell her that yes we DO KNOW who she is. :D
[info]super_davie wrote:
Jul. 31st, 2010 05:28 pm (UTC)
I Can't Wait
Great review Heat. But all this talk about this movie is making me insane because I won't be able to see it for... I don't know how long. Sometimes I wish I was Australian for so many reasons. I wonder when Canada will at least get the DVD.

This is Dave from IBY by the way. :)
[info]lrbcn wrote:
Aug. 1st, 2010 11:37 am (UTC)
thank you for yet another positive review :D
go tabrett!
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