Door Mouse has such a distinct and well composed style that I watched it in growing awe. It' s not often that you meet such a clear tone in direction, camera, light, color and dialog in a genre indie film. The director seemed to know exactly what he was aiming for and hit the nail on the head. Somewhere between hardboiled neo noir, a dark generation-z-graphic-novel and a kind of weird Palahniuk-ish underground detective story. Well written, never over done or cliche, for sure in danger of walking into a trap of style over substance but never falling for it mainly thanks to its lead. Hayley Law carys the movie with her big eyes, a heavy existentialist litenes, dark and doomed wit and the intense charme from a princess of the gutter. She does such a wonderful job in portraying this iconic misfit called Mouse, stubborn, cool and very very sexy but never without essence or depth. She had me 3 Minutes in with the line "every morning I wake up in the afternoon". You can't help but love this character. And the rest of the cast is on the point too. So is the energetic garage band soundtrack that glues everything together.
I wouldn't have thought that this is the directorial debut of writer and director Mr. Jogia. Well done! Very well done. I'll keep my eyes open for his and Mrs. Law's work in the future.
I wouldn't have thought that this is the directorial debut of writer and director Mr. Jogia. Well done! Very well done. I'll keep my eyes open for his and Mrs. Law's work in the future.