
From left, Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, John C Reilly and Christoph Waltz in Carnage.
From left, Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, John C Reilly and Christoph Waltz in Carnage.
Carnage: clever drama with its foot caught in the stage door
The performances are impressive and the dialogue is funny. Yet as the action descends into farce, the limitations of the material become apparent.