0 Read the review of Banked without paying attention to the 0 You will score higher marks in the exam

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highlighting. Complete the paragraph plan for this review. use a range of appropriate advanced vocabulary.
Plan Read the review again, choosing the adjectives
and adverbs in italics which are more likely to
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0 In the questions below, the words in bold have
been taken from the review of Banked.
0 Does the review give you a clear idea of what Banked is about? Discuss with a partner how the meaning would
change if one of the three other words were used
Having read the review, do you think you would enjoy the film?
instead (e.g. would you use them to express a
Why? I Why not?
positive or a negative opinion?)
1 One thing that is particularly noteworthy is
just how intricate the plot is.
A complicated
B fa r-fetched
c complex
2 It may or may not surprise you to learn that
this juvenile comedy was once an Academy
Award nominee.
A mindless
B hilarious
C wacky
3 The film takes a tight-hearted took at life in
France in the mid-20th century.
A nostalgic
It was while watching the trailer for Banked that I 1resolvedI B sentimental
promised never to go near it. 'I can't stand juvenile road-trip C cheery
comedies like this; I said to my friend, sitting next to me in the 4 Jamelia Tandy gives a charismatic
cinema as we waited earnestly fOf the start of the senous, bleak performance as the protagonist.
drama we'd gladly paid to see. A compelling
But something about that trailer stayed with me, and when I gave B implausible
Banked a try, I realised how wrong I'd been. Yes, It's a road-trip c charming
comecy, but not in the lljpical, 2cliche-ridden I predictable sense. s There can be no argument that, above alt, this
It tells the story of Margot, a twenty-something food blogger is a bleak drama.
finding her way in the big city, and her long-lost brother, Mitchell,
A gloomy
who's left his dead-end rural job to convince her to accompany
him across the country, hoping to claim their 3 /arge I sizeable B depressing
inheritance after the death of a distant, elderly relative. C uplifting
6 There are so many emotional moments in the
We follow their 'interesUng I absorbing journey, set against
fi lm that it is impossible to mention them all.
the 'vivid I colourful backdrop of the routes they follow. Both
lead actors shine - Ariana Ducey gives her most charismatic A melodramatic
performance yet, and Collins West is 6brifliant I dazzling as B touching
Mitchell. The plot develops in 'riveUngl fascinadngfashion, and c heart-breaking
their relatiOnship is 8utterty I completely compelling tllroughout. It
was all I could do to stop myself from bursting Into tears when, in 0 Work in pairs. Which film could each of you write
the emotional final scene, they share a• tender/ loving embrace. about? Tell each other a little about
As you might expect, the script is packed witll "clever I snappy t he t ype of film, th e setting and what it's about
dialogue, but it's not often that you come across a comedy whose • the plot and characters
storyline Is so intricate. This only added to my appreciation of
what you particularly liked -whyyou would
the screenwriter's craft, and I have no doubt that anyone, young Of
recommend it.
old, would feel the same. While the tone of the film may be
light-hearted in so many ways, ii is one that will "undoubtedly!
definilelystay witll you for some time.
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words to the task in Exercise 1.

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