Hollywood, by and large, portrays bars as the most fun and chummy places on earth. At “Cheers” and “Coyote Ugly,” everybody knows your name and you can grow into a better person by sexy dancing. Ev…
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However, I suspect most bartenders will relate more to director Kitty Green’s paralyzing movie “The Royal Hotel,” which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival this week.It’s a chillingly spot-on depiction of how, in dank rooms filled with belligerent drunks, the line between a jolly time and a dangerous one is treacherously thin.
Some six hours out of town, the Royal is the only major business in the desolate area and is owned by a crude alcoholic named Billy and his up-to-here-with-him wife Carol . Disgusted by the shabby business with dead snakes in glass jars behind the counter and predatory regulars, Liv and Hanna nonetheless stick it out. They meet a guy, Matty , who has a boyish smile and is kinder than the weathered, foul-mouthed slobs that get plastered there every night. He takes them swimming at a waterfall a few hours away.
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