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The Guardian John Patterson
Why can’t Britain make films about mass murderers? Given our social-realist roots, someone could really make a killing It won’t get its US release for a few more months, but I’m already waiting with bated breath for Gerard Johnson’s debut feature, Tony. One look at the trailer, featuring Tony – a psychopathic nerd who, like Dennis Nilsen, is so lonely he’ll kill just...
Empire Review Kim Newman
At once a British council estate take on Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer and an attempt to demystify the bogeyman of most serial killer movies out there, this low-budget, shot-on-the-streets feature is built around a remarkable, deeply uncomfortable performance from Peter Ferdinando as one of those people you see around a lot but do your best to freeze out whenever they try to talk to you: a...
Chris and Phil Podcast review of TONY
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Tony Review Sight And Sound
If Mike Leigh remade Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer, the results might look something like this. Gerard Johnson’s debut feature offers an unsettling study of a psychotic misfit blithely blocking the drains of his east London council flat with dismembered human remains, yet it’s also a bone-dry comedy of manners as we follow said misfit desperately trying to find some human connection in his...
Tony Review By Niall Kitson
Tony (Dir. Gerard Johnson) UK 2009 Abbott Vision Gerard Johnson doesn’t do sensationalism. Having already established a penchant for 1980s-style social realism with his portrait of a petty criminal in the short film Mug, Johnson moves on to far darker territory with his first feature, Tony. Understated from the first minute, we follow our eponymous protagonist through the streets of a decaying,...
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Film Ireland review
Also of note is another debut feature: Gerard Johnson’s portrait of a serial killer, Tony. Played by Peter Ferdinando, the eponymous anti-hero is a dowdy non-entity, the kind of weather-beaten extra walking everywhere, going nowhere. Rarely without a pair of shopping bags at his sides, Tony strolls aimlessly through the city streets, pausing to strike up awkward conversations with strangers. He’s...
Tony At Slamdance
“This year’s Special Screenings reflect the creative spirit and filmmaking that defined Slamdance’s founding years,” commented Paul Rachman, Special Screening programmer and East Coast Director of Slamdance. “From Steven Soderbergh’s intimate portrait of the artist Spalding Gray, to Gerard Johnson’s thrilling character study of the London suburbs, this year’s selection of films are unique stories...
