Eva Löbau’s lynchpin performance as Melanie is a shattering lesson in the tropes of timidity and awkwardness, and serves in taking this cinema of cruelty into as yet uncharted territory.
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06/24/06
The Forest for the Trees (2003)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:9
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.3/10
Synopsis: In this engaging German drama from impressive first-time director Maren Ade, Melanie Pröschle (Eva Loebau) is a young, idealistic, and somewhat naive teacher just starting her first job in a rough... [More]
Starring: Eva Löbau, Ilona Schulz, Robert Schupp
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Reviews for The Forest for the Trees
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It's impossible not to emphasize with [the main character]...
04/02/05
Tapping in to primal fears of professional ineptitude and social rejection with an almost sadistic meticulousness, The Forest for the Trees is a precisely modulated first film.
04/02/05
A very well put together slice of life story showing us a character that always feels one hundred percent realistic.
12/06/05
For a first film, it's accomplished; for a college project, it's astonishing.
02/14/06
Engaging, low-budget German drama with a strong script and a heart-breaking central performance from Eva Löbau.
02/16/06
An affecting, very intelligent work, done with an eye for realism and a heart for the lonely, insulted and injured.
07/06/06
Top CriticWith friends like this, you'd swear off friends for life.
04/02/05
Forest has the look of a film that might have been made by a first-timer with visions of Sundance in her head.
12/15/06
Top CriticThe movie makes the audience, like many of the other characters in the movie, simply want to get rid of her.
12/06/05
Audiences will cringe at the worst patches of the uneven film.
02/10/06
All you can do is sit there and wait for the meltdown, and to see how many people Melanie takes out when she goes all Jeremy.
04/02/05
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