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#SilverScreenBlack reviews: 'Puzzle' (2018)

(1hr 39mins)

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📣The Pursuit of Happiness: A housewife discovers her genius for solving jigsaws, but not all of the pieces in her life fit into place.

👍Jigsaws a breeze:
Kelly MacDonald is achingly good! You'll wish you could meet her character in real life, tell her how amazing she is, and give her a decent birthday party for once in her life!
MacDonald, Irrfan Khan, and David Denman all play such captivating, complex characters; they each take it in turns to bring a smile to your face and then break your heart with a mallet.

👎Manchego cheese:
Anyone expecting this film to be the 'Rocky' of jigsaws is going to be extremely disappointed.
The ending won't be to everyone's liking.
And, worst of all, this was Irrfan Khan's final English film before his death in 2020.

📽️Favourite scene:
The confrontation of the affair.
There's much that can be said in silence.

🥇Best quote:
"Life is messy. Life's just random. But when you complete a puzzle, you know that you have made all the right choices. What other pursuits can give you that kind of perfection? Not even love can do that."

🙁Best depressing quote:
"If kissing me is the worst thing you have ever done, then you are pretty damn lucky."

⏳Best lockdown quote:
AGNES: "Why do you do these stupid puzzles?"
ROBERT: "It's a way... to control the chaos."