• Unrated, 2 hr. 2 min.
  • Drama
  • Directed By:
    Fatih Akin
    In Theaters:
    May 23, 2007 Wide
    On DVD:
    Oct 14, 2008
  • Strand

Critic Review - Sin Magazine

This is a movie that was pretty involving, which makes me all the more frustrated that it just ends without any closure. Sometimes it works in movies, but here it would have helped to have the story fully completed.

August 19, 2008 Full Review | Comments (2)
Sin Magazine

Comments

jedah

steve c

I think you missed the point of the ending, by a long shot. That ending had entire audiences stunned in their seats, unable to move, literally, until the last credit.

Why? You aren't supposed to be spoon fed everything. That's not just "how they are over there." (your ridiculous reference to foreign cinema.)

It's called letting emotional beats in a script surface naturally. This film was written about real, human drama, and the editing reflects such.

Maybe Max Payne is a more appropriate fit for your tastes.

Also, describing incredibly nuanced, dynamic performances as "pretty good."

Yeah. Great review, chump.

Oct 17 - 10:38 AM

jedah

steve c

I think you missed the point of the ending, by a long shot. That ending had entire audiences stunned in their seats, unable to move, literally, until the last credit.

Why? You aren't supposed to be spoon fed everything. That's not just "how they are over there." (your ridiculous reference to foreign cinema.)

It's called letting emotional beats in a script surface naturally. This film was written about real, human drama, and the editing reflects such.

Maybe Max Payne is a more appropriate fit for your tastes.

Also, describing incredibly nuanced, dynamic performances as "pretty good."

Yeah. Great review, chump.

Oct 17 - 10:39 AM

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