IR Film Review: THE WEASEL’S TALE [Outsider]

The aspect of South American tales sometimes wraps themselves in the ingenuity of details while progressing on unique moral grounds which finds the basis for choices and decisions. With "The Weasel's Tale", the aspect of a film within a film or a story about show business can be a standard in reflexivity and therefore meta. What it does here is bring out the fact of what the different people that populate this certain house of a former famous actress represent. Interestingly enough for the former screenwriter, director and smaller co-star husband living with her, all make up perceptions of her infinite ego which is put to the test when some would-be grifters come to town. While some of the details do not match up (including why they are all at the decrepit house in the first place), the story is a metaphor on the nature of aging and relevance which is all too prevalent in the current society we live in where the fame of 5 minutes is come and gone. Granted there are some face-offs within the movie that are quite cool including one inside an office between two would-be manipulators on either side of the fence.

That said, despite the black comedy, in many ways it presents the degrees of truth that further in end up being quite telling and well done. At one point the former director tells his actor friend why he couldn't have the lead role and the answer is both heartbreaking and telling in addition to ironic because the very actor acting it shows that he has the depth of heart to play such a role. The resolution plays to the aspect of who is better suited to ply the trade of games in a world that moves so fast. The key is knowing all the details enough to plan forward for contingencies so one can't simply weasel out of it. In that way, "The Weasel's Tale" delivers on its title while using the stories and making the most of a location to tell a fun story without any digital trickery. B

By Tim Wassberg