Although there are some horrific moments certain to produce
pained reactions, there is never the air of gratuitousness that pervades envelope - pushing shock cinema.
Each moment of the wardrobe falling must be as big as possible, so the low angle shows the suspense of it toppling towards its prey, the close - up of hands shows the cringe - making impact of wood on knuckle, and the close - up of the head bursting through the back of the furniture gives
us the pained reaction as well as another gag.