The narrative structure of The Loss Adjustor has all the integrity of the Columbia space shuttle coming into land, and much like the ill-fated craft, finds itself staffed by many otherwise great talents with no escape and falling fast.
And that won't be the only laboured aviation metaphor you're in for if you make the mistake of watching this thing.
However, if you are going to watch this, (and I suggest you find something better to do with 100 minutes of your precious, finite time on Earth), at the very least don't buy it with money.
After all, as Abi Branning, (freed from the shackles of EastEnders yet apparently condemned to an eternal cycle of locking up a North London florists), says to the titular Loss Adjustor, "there is no dress rehearsal in life". And honestly, when it comes to this production, you assume that to be true in more ways than one.
The Loss Adjuster
2020
Action / Comedy / Drama
The Loss Adjuster
2020
Action / Comedy / Drama
40% - Critics
40% - Audience
3.8
Synopsis
Martin Dyer is a very ordinary man with a very ordinary life. An insurance Loss Adjuster for many years, he spends his time assessing other people's problems and ignoring his own. His wife Angie aspires to greater things and when finances hit rock bottom, she leaves him for a suave loan shark one week before Christmas. Martin is crest fallen but forced into continuing his day by the overly exuberant company secretary, who has scheduled several claims for Martin to validate. With a heavy heart, Martin sets off but his day drastically goes from bad to worse with a catalogue of extraordinary and humorous encounters with a flirtatious and rather amorous widow, a corrupt Doctor, a lascivious female escort and a dead rat. It is only at the funeral of a client that Martin has an epiphany; and with the help of his unlikely friendship with a teenage thief and perhaps a sprinkling of Christmas magic, life suddenly changes in a truly remarkable way.
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November 30, 2020 at 02:49 AM
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Some Losses Cannot be Adjusted
Watched it through only because we paid for it
Just a really odd film. It feels like you're watching a school drama class. Some scenes feel like they are about to build into a comedy farce but just fade away, other scenes drag on and just as you expect the camera to cut away, it stays and the script muddles along for too long leaving you getting frustrated and bored. The directing is messy as is the script. It constantly feels like you're seeing the first rehearsal and not the finished article. Some elements and characters aren't needed; it's overly complicated and then the ending seems rushed for no reason. Sorry, wanted to give it a chance but it really was poor.
Ohh that was a painful experience!
The opening shots of this movie forewarn the audience as to the horrors of cinematography they are about to view, it seems that the cinematography appears to of been undertaken by a complete novice DOP, either that or he, she was making this film blindfolded as a experiment. The story staggers along at a painful pace, but the acting is pretty fair throughout, notably Luke Goss's performance. In my view this movie is totally let down by the diabolical directing, coupled with some dreadful cinematography that wouldn't look out of place in a school 6th form media class full of kids who really can't be asked. I hope Luke Goss in future finds himself some better film projects to be part of.