Spider 4K 2002

Dennis Clegg was deeply traumatized as a child and spent twenty years in a psychiatric hospital. After leaving it, he was forced to live in a special boarding house where the insane are on probation, enjoying relative freedom. Clegg's only goal in life is to sort out his confused mind, his disordered thoughts, to restore in his head the whole picture of the long gone days of his childhood and to finally understand and realize what really happened.

In the course of the movie Dennis's memories of his childhood events resurface, which he tries to put together in one big picture of everything that happened in order to understand, because those events do not give him peace. These scraps of memories that Spidey consistently reconstructs in his mind are perceived by the audience as he does, especially if the movie is watched for the first time. Only some important moments begin to become clear and it begins to seem that the truth has been reached, as new facts are discovered, which reconstruct the picture of what is happening.

The spider himself is present in his memories. The director seeks to show that Clegg represents them - he sees his memories from the outside, but at the same time feels them, as if he is experiencing them anew, being there. He is both observing and present at the same time.

“Spider” is a heavy psychological drama. The drama of one hero, in which everything is important: his movements, his manners, his gait, his look, his voice - the voice of Rafe Fiennes, whose intonation Russian dubbing will not fully convey.

The main star of this movie is Rafe Fiennes, who overshadows the direction, making it only an indispensable addition. It was as if Fiennes lived with his character. He fit perfectly into the role of Spidey and embodied his image. At a glance it is clear that before us is a crazy man with a traumatized mind. He jealously protects his things, that even wears four shirts at the same time, his thoughts, his personal space, which is constantly unceremoniously invaded by Mrs. Wilkinson. He shuns people, shies away from them, because his diseased mind won't let people anywhere near his own world, full of pain, fear, obscurity, disorder, confusion. Mosaic are the scraps of his memories, which he strives to piece together sooner rather than later.

Of the other actors, Miranda Richardson catches the eye because her character is very bright and stands out from the rest.
There are some blunders in the movie, such as how Spidey could have known his mother's burial place.

The disorder of Spider's thoughts and the games of his mind are not difficult to bear, because they are understandable and in the process of development of events of the movie they form a unified picture, then complementing each other, then replacing. But still there remains a feeling of incomprehensibility, which is a reflection of the fact that the Spider himself, having reached the truth, could not accept it and settle down on it.

The movie is too depressing, pressurizing with its atmosphere and hard to contemplate, but it is filmed with quality and carries an idea. This is not an entertaining movie that you want to watch at your leisure many times, but a serious one.

There is only one thing worse than losing your mind, and that is to regain it, because then all the horrible truth will be revealed, which sometimes it is better for a person not to know. People almost always want to put the whole mosaic together, but will they be able to accept what they see in the picture?