Clawfoot Review – Outrageous, Shocking, Excellent Performances, A Must See

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Category: UK A&E, Lifestyle, Culture

Published on Tuesday, 17 September 2024 11:06

Written by Janet Walker

Clawfoot, from The Movie Partnership, presents a shocking and twisted story that centers on a trophy wife who discovers her husband is leaving her, and is confronted by his partner in crime, posing as a contractor.

The film opens with Janet, played by Francesca Eastwood, staring at herself in the mirror. She is checking her face for any signs of aging. She is massaging her skin to improve circulation. Once she is satisfied that she has maintained the standards. She begins her wifey duties around the house.

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Oddly, she doesn’t have a domestic, and cleans the floors, and even scrubs a spot from the bathroom, until the entire area is as pristine as she. She hears a knock on the door. A man, Leo, played by Milo Gibson, is standing there with a work order. She explains he has the wrong house. He explains her husband paid him to renovate the bathroom and install the claw foot tub that is now sitting in the driveway. The two go back and forth until Janet finally allows the man to enter the house.

Soon Janet’s entire day is ruined, as this oaf of a man, who initially won’t stop talking about the house, the possession, the luxury lifestyle, until she explains, this is your work area, stay in it.

Once Leo is in the house, of course he needs an assistant, Samuel, played by Olivier Cooper and the two of them begin to snoop. Throughout the day, the annoyances of having work done begin to grate on Janet. Leo has turned the water off, which means it is off everywhere. Now, she is unable to finish dinner.

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By this time, her friend, Tasha, played by Olivia Culpo, arrives, who is a criminal defense attorney, and the two are doing yoga, and Janet finally explains Evan is missing and she is having dark thoughts.

At the end of day one, Leo explains this is a two-day job, and he will be back in the morning. The next day he arrives, lets himself in, cooks breakfast, makes himself at home. He has tried to present himself as a congenial, upstanding, but annoying repair man. His breakfast antics causes Janet to hunt for the proof. Once she confronts him, things turn ugly, and we see he is looking for the money. Come to find out Janet’s husband, Evan, played by Nestor Carbonell, did contract Leo to help him launder money.

Janet finally gets the edge on Leo, knocks him out, and we see her pulling him into a room with a locked door. Tasha returns, and Janet finally asks her about her fees, and once they decide on an appropriate hourly billing rate which begins with a dollar and then they agree to renegotiate after an assessment. Janet takes Tasha to the garage where we see both her husband and Leo duct tape to the chair.

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Tasha, in double speak and acting as her attorney, explains the necessary conclusion and while she has no less than a dozen clients who have used this method it can get a bit messy, so cleanliness is a must.  What follows is shocking, sick and twisted ending as the two women, entitled by marriage and career, proceed to effectively terminate the situation.

The ensemble worked very well together. Francesca Eastwood, Milo Gibson and Olivia Culpo all delivered excellent performances that captured the essence and the psychology of the roles they played. It was not a stretch to believe the entirety of their performances. They hit all the right notes and delivered the roles with authenticity.

Unexpectedly engrossing, Clawfoot, a home-invasion thriller, is surprisingly entertaining, tinged with a satirical overlay, and presents the psychology of a trophy wife on the edge of losing everything, with deliciously unpredicted outcomes.

Director Michael Day’s outrageous feature debut, Clawfoot, is available to pre-order on Apple TV, iTunes, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, SkyStore, Rakuten. See it.

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Country: UK.

Language: English.

Runtime: 88 minutes.

Digital Release Date: September 23, 2024.

Director: Michael Day.

Producer: Jordan Beckerman, Jordan Yale Kevine, Darren Warren, Jourdan Henderson, Andrew Emilio DeCesare.

Writer: April Wolfe.

Cast: Francesca Eastwood, Milo Gibson, Olivia Culpo, Nestor Carbonell, Olivier Cooper.