Young triffie s been made away with 2006
Young triffie s been made away with 2006
Young Triffie’s Been Made Away With
2006, Comedy, 1h 30m
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Young Triffie is darkly-themed, even for a black comedy. There is little graphic violence, but in addition to a girl’s death prepare to stomach alcoholism, drug addiction, child abuse, madness and worse. Strangely, there is also a lot of humour. In that department Mary Walsh gives the film’s greatest laughs as the brash, gossipy and all-knowing postmistress. Still, the film is too heavy to be a lighthearted romp.
The plot is fairly well-constructed. It is more compelling than the murder plot in «Bon Cop Bad Cop», another Canadian film with fish out of water. Ranger Alan Hepditch (Fred Ewanuick) is an Ichabod Crane-like misfit who is the laughing stock of the Newfoundland rangers. He is sent away to Swyers’ Harbour, ostensibly to investigate mysterious sheep attacks. In fact his smarmy Sargeant (Colin Mochrie) simply wants him out of the way. However, just before he arrives a local girl’s body is found washed up on the beach and Hepditch is the only lawman in town.
Gradually Hepditch fumbles and stumbles his way through the mystery guided (and sometimes misguided) by the predictably colourful townspeople. These include the local doctor(Rémy Girard), his wife(Andrea Martin), a young admirer of the deceased (Jonny Harris), a menacing pastor (Andy Jones) and the leader of a militant Ladies Auxillary (fellow CODCO veteran Cathy Jones).
Overall I enjoyed this offbeat film. However I think it would have been better if so many depressing elements were not piled one on top of another. Sometimes I felt a lingering sadness that interfered with the comic relief scenes that followed. Like my fellow poster, I felt the cartoon and black and white scenes were unnecessary. If you are willing to put up with the flaws that I have mentioned, Young Triffie has a passable story and some good laughs.
Set in Swyer’s Harbour, Newfoundland in 1948, this comic tale is based on the play, Young Triffie’s Been Made Away With by Ray Guy, who co-wrote the film’s screenplay. The story begins when Andrew Hepditch, played by Fred Ewanuick, a young, officious, by-the-book Newfoundland Ranger, is dispatched by his Commanding Officer out to the isolated outport to investigate a common sheep-shagging/mutilation. Hepditch also finds himself face and eyes into the death of a young girl and way over his head in the mysterious workings of outport village life in Newfoundland. Mary Walsh (who also produced & directed) is brilliant as Millie Bishop, the post mistress, telephone operator, and the nosy village gossip. From beginning to end, the laughter never lets up in this comic murder mystery. The script is clever. listen carefully; there are some good bits throughout.
My only regret about this film is that it didn’t seem to released to the theatres as was planned in the Spring of 2007. Good Canadian fare that should have a wider audience. I hope it will be released on DVD with plenty of extras. I will put it in my collection in a heartbeat.
At the film festival, the theatre was packed full. Everyone, as far as I could tell, liked it very much. On that basis, I find some of the reviews here, quite disappointing. One man’s meat is another man’s poison, I guess.
This was billed as a comedy, but isn’t really. Perhaps it’s black comedy. Set in 1947 or so, a hapless Newfoundland Ranger is sent to investigate a sheep-mutilation; but finds himself in a murder case as well.
The overall feel isn’t that far from the original Edward Woodward _The Wicker Man_; there are some stereotypes, some predictable and some unpredictable outcomes. There’s some slapstick physical comedy, which doesn’t usually work. It’s a bit _Mr. Bean_ in places, has some Newfoundland dialect, not played for laughs. It was pretty riveting once it got moving, but the start and the end almost aren’t the same film.
Young Triffie was neither good nor bad. I’ll list the bad. First, the subject matter is quite disturbing. Mutilations and child molestation are not the stuff fun is made of. Second, the film was poorly edited: scenes tangential to the story lasted far too long such as Hepditch (Fred Ewanuick) trying to get himself un-stuck from the mud. Third, the poorly lit black and white sequences: they seem over-exposed. Fourth, the very existence of the black and white sequences: I though it was a technical glitch ’cause it made no story sense. Were the b & w sequences supposed to be flashbacks or a glimpse at the fears of Hepditch? Fifth, the animation and narration sequences were pointless and distracting: do we need to see little animated trains and have voice overs that don’t push the story. Sixth, blocking that is suitable for the stage but not a film: the parlour scene at the end looked too stagy. Seventh, a cast of cartoon characters but no reason to care about any of them: snooping post mistress, drunken doctor, child molesting pastor, drug addicted doctor’s wife, dopey cop, abusive orphanage attendant, abused orphans, etc. Eight, a story whose point escaped me: was the story some sort of murder mystery? It seemed to me that the girl died of negligence and the suggestion of murder was a cover up. At least, that is how I read the ending. And what the child molesting sub-plot had to do with it was obscure: a red herring. Nine, character development of Hepditch made no sense: if he is the incompetent cop (a Barney Fife) who attempts to do right then the ending seems disconnected to the story.
So what are the good points: some funny dialogue and some funny scenes.
The Mary Walsh really brings The Heat in this Action/thriller Murder Mystery good time!
A great Directorial Debut.
I won’t spoil the plot, except that it’s adapted from a play and it does seem like a bad adaptation of a vaudevillesque whodunit.
The music sounds like a Warner Bros cartoon and is very distracting. It surely doesn’t make this very bad movie easier to stomach.
The second rate actors roll their eyes and can’t elevate the weak material above its own level of mediocrity.
Remy Girard proves, once again, that he’ll do anything for a paycheck. Andrea Martin, who never was a convincing actress, overacts so much that her second city work look like Shakespeare compared to this phoned-in performance.
Overall, it’s a vulgar, unfunny piece of trash that does not seem to make up it’s mind as to what genre it belongs to: kiddie comedy or violent adult murder mystery. A complete waste of time, but not talent.
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 paedophilia, 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.
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 a Filme Horribilis.
Since «Young Triffie. » relies so much on the local dialects, details and character types of outport Newfoundland, it may at first be jarring to a viewer who is not familiar with the region. However, for those who do know it, and for those who appreciate well delineated character types in comedy, this movie is rewarding and enjoyable. Due to its, at times, nearly grisly content, there is a temptation to call this a black comedy. However, that is only true in comparison with the depthless slapstick that passes for comedy in mainstream film. In a more classical and theatrical sense, this is a fine comedy with a compelling narrative backbone which supports a variety of fascinating characters. The darker elements also speak to the rich comic history of Newfoundland, in which laughter is a survival tool in the face of adversity, and humour can be found in the bleakest of situation.
Fred Ewaniuck does a fine turn as the young Ranger, playing well into the stereotype of a «Come From Away» who is initially mystified in the face of outport life. He is reminiscent of early Rowan Atkinson, and there are some moments of truly brilliant physical comedy that make this movie fun to watch.
Mary Walsh as Millie Bishop is dead on the money in her character portrayal. She has played this character type since her days on WGB and in this film seems to have finally perfected it. As the director, she’s carried off the balance of comedy and mystery very well, keeping the film from tipping too far one way or the other.
The other performers were well cast and do a fine job of carrying off their various character types. Andrea Martin, especially, is especially enjoyable in a deliberately over the top role that still manages to pull off a few believable moments of depth.
It’s not a perfect movie. The soundtrack is somewhat jarring at times when it veers into, as someone else commented, Loony Toons territory. Similarly, I found some of the flashback scenes a little bit off from what I saw as their intent. Finally, I thought the climax of the film was a little bit rushed and sloppy, although not enough to derail the story.
Fans of works like Tom Sharpe’s novels, Monty Python or «A Fish Called Wanda» will definitely enjoy this film. However, I suspect that since that’s a limited subset of film fans, this movie will be relegated to cult status. That’s not bad, but I think it deserves better.
Young triffie s been made away with 2006
A young and inexperienced regional police officer in 1947 Newfoundland travels to a small village to solve the mysterious murder of a young woman.
In 1947 Whitbourne, Newfoundland, Alan Hepditch, a by-the-books but squeamish and somewhat dimwitted criminologist (whose specialty is fingerprinting) and candidate for ranger, is constantly being tormented by his fellow ranger candidates and his sergeant, Bill O’Mara. This torment makes him hate his training. Before Hepditch can quit, O’Mara, as a sort of punishment, assigns him to his first posting at Swyer’s Harbour, where five sheep mutilations have taken place over the past year. When he arrives in Swyer’s Harbour, Hepditch has a more serious crime to investigate, that of the murder of a local, mentally slow woman named Tryphenia Maud Pottle, better known to the locals as Young Triffie, whose dead body was found on the beach. When O’Mara finds out about the murder, he decides to send Rangers Jenkins and Guzzwell to Swyer’s Harbour to replace Hepditch. Hepditch has thirty-six hours before his replacements’ arrival, during which time he sets out to prove himself and prove O’Mara wrong about his lack of capabilities. Over that time, he begins to learn about the locals and who could have committed the murder. They include: the nosy postmistress, the widowed Mrs. Mildred Bishop, and her war ravaged and now reclusive son, Vincie Bishop; the «foreign» doctor and his wife, Dr. Percy and Mrs. Grace Melrose; Old Man Washbourne, the burn victim; young Billy Head, who discovered Triffie’s body; one of the many stationed at the nearby US naval base, those there who are rumored to have had their way with many a young local girl including Triffie; and Pastor Wilfred Henry Pottle, Triffie’s less than saintly father who has a connection to the orphanage in Whitbourne. As Hepditch learns the secrets of the locals, his own life may be in danger with misinformation spreading around town about his own sexual deviance. As the thirty-sixth hour approaches, Hepditch gathers all the suspects together hoping that having them all in one room will piece together the complete story.
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A friend of mine whose mother (the wife of a minister) is from Newfoundland, brought the movie for me to watch, not just because I’m a Newfoundlander, but because I am a huge fan of Mary Walsh, and think she could hold her own with anyone in Hollywood, actor or writer. Loved it. The exchange between Millie and the Pastor at the post office was gut-busting (arse-sniffer of Satan). priceless. And «I wonder where she keps her teapot to.»
A friend of mine whose mother (the wife of a minister) is from Newfoundland, brought the movie for me to watch, not just because I’m a Newfoundlander, but because I am a huge fan of Mary Walsh, and think she could hold her own with anyone in Hollywood, actor or writer. Loved it. The exchange between Millie and the Pastor at the post office was gut-busting (arse-sniffer of Satan). priceless. And «I wonder where she keps her teapot to.»
Ok story back when Newfoundland was still a separate country. Lots of red herrings but no real surprise of who-dun-it.
Ok story back when Newfoundland was still a separate country. Lots of red herrings but no real surprise of who-dun-it.
I like it but im not sure why i liked it! Its very canadian and only mary walsh could think of making this kind of movie!
I like it but im not sure why i liked it! Its very canadian and only mary walsh could think of making this kind of movie!
Kind of tough to follow who was who, but the script was pretty darn funny. Newfie style humour.
Kind of tough to follow who was who, but the script was pretty darn funny. Newfie style humour.
Not bad for a Canadian made movie. Fred Ewanuick does a really good job. As does Colin Mochrie. Great for a laugh.
Not bad for a Canadian made movie. Fred Ewanuick does a really good job. As does Colin Mochrie. Great for a laugh.
This is another fun Canadian Film, lot’s of good clean comedy, and great characters all around.
This is another fun Canadian Film, lot’s of good clean comedy, and great characters all around.
This is a very solid effort from writer/director/costar Mary Walsh. The setting in Pre- Confederation Newfoundland is great. The story of a Newfoundland Ranger investigating an outport murder is infused with colorful characters and some nice humour. Probably will be most appreciated by Newfoundlanders and East Coasters. A very enjoyable film.
This is a very solid effort from writer/director/costar Mary Walsh. The setting in Pre- Confederation Newfoundland is great. The story of a Newfoundland Ranger investigating an outport murder is infused with colorful characters and some nice humour. Probably will be most appreciated by Newfoundlanders and East Coasters. A very enjoyable film.
Kind of funny, but if this is Canadian Humour then I think I may not be a real Canadian. Love the Banana scene though!
Kind of funny, but if this is Canadian Humour then I think I may not be a real Canadian. Love the Banana scene though!
A great canadian film. loved it
A great canadian film. loved it
A good Canadian movie. Funny, great characters, a good mystery and best of all, it would never, ever, have been made in the US.
A good Canadian movie. Funny, great characters, a good mystery and best of all, it would never, ever, have been made in the US.
