Weekend Movie Forecast: Couples Retreat Vs. An Education

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Bronson tells the story of the "most famous prisoner" in England, Michael Peterson, who calls himself Charles Bronson and lived a colorful life in mostly solitary confinement. The Onion's Noel Murray says, "There are times during Bronson when it’s unclear what Refn is going for, and times when the movie seems like a derivative, extra-pretentious version of A Clockwork Orange. For long stretches of Bronson, nothing much happens—and what does happen is, well, odd... But by the end of the movie, it becomes clearer how Refn uses stillness and nothingness to keep the audience tense and anxious. There are two Bronsons on display here: the impossible thug that we don’t dare release into polite society, and the guy we enjoy watching do his terrible thing. The man and the movie are both living, punching contradictions."