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roder51 roder51 search recent posts young triffie recent comments archives april 2016 categories uncategorized search widgets search roder51 young triffie april 19 2016 roder51 leave a comment young triffie totally miscast and directed by r brentnall after watc hing young triffie for the first time on cbc s latenight yesterday i can safely say that i did not miss a hellova lot when the film debuted in halifax back in 2005 from her crusading stint on cbc s this hour has 22 minutes as marg princess warrior to the way she put a certain highly placed nova scotia mp in his place for mistaking halifax for hogtown it seems there s nothing that mary walsh can t do and do brilliantly then again having endured young triffie the movie that marks walsh s feature film directorial debut maybe we should make that almost nothing she can t do turns out when it comes to directing movies martin scorsese and john ford need not lose much sleep over competition from walsh as a movie young triffie no doubt made a damn fine play which is precisely how it started out written by ray guy under the title young triffie s been made away with it seems to have enjoyed quite a success among discerning theatre goers on the rock during its stage incarnation as a film though it could have read young triffie has been made away with by mary walsh and nobody with a sense of the theatre would have noticed mr guy may never sleep the same after seeing one of his great masterpieces being thrown to the dogs but then that s where young triffie both play and subsequent movie is set specifically in swyers harbour a small fictional newfoundland outport circa 1947 it is to swyers harbour that an inept newfoundland ranger corner gas fred ewanuick is sent packing to investigate what appears to be the ritual sacrifice of a sheep this being 1947 newfoundland and the ranger being particularly inept he arrives in town blissfully unaware that circumstances have outstripped him he will now be investigating the murder of young triffie herself she being the unfortunate and simple young daughter of a local crackpot evangelist sadly played by andy jones adapted from the stage play by christian murray young tiffie boasts a plot that embraces not only murder but pedophilia incest drug addiction religious zealotry and a host of other societal ills all serve as comic fodder for a cast that also includes remy girard as the local doctor and andrea martin always miscast as his meddling wife colin mochrie as ewaniuck s commanding officer cathy jones as a local busy body and walsh herself cast as post mistress and purveyor of red herring which in this case is a darn sight more prevalent than cod in short it s the kind of comedy that a more experienced director might mind from a cast of dramatic actors as opposed to a clutch of comedians with the comics in control there is no bit of comic business too picayune no characterization too over the top to allow it to go to waste even at the expense of paltry considerations such as dramatic arc and storyline so instead of a cracking good yarn with comedic overtones viewers are treated to ewaniuk s best impersonation of mr bean does buena vista while martin does her best to keep up with the tightly wound joneses how long i wonder will miss jones have to answer for the inadequate acting ability of her talentless brother in the end almost everybody except perhaps newfoundland itself comes off looking totally daft and to think that it previewed with the words see some of newfoundlands finest actors strut their stuff scarey god forbid that mr guy would allow anyone from this friendly circus to touch that far greater bay as a film director walsh still needs to learn what she apparently already knows as an actor concentrate on telling the story and trust your audience to find the humour talk about an annus horribilis http imdb com title tt0481393 usercomments 10 and here http freshwaterbay blogspot com standard create a free website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed roder51 sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy roder51 subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website design a site like this with wordpress com get started