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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Forest has the look of a film that might have been made by a first-timer with visions of Sundance in her head. Full Review |
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3/4 |
An affecting, very intelligent work, done with an eye for realism and a heart for the lonely, insulted and injured. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Engaging, low-budget German drama with a strong script and a heart-breaking central performance from Eva Löbau. Full Review |
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4/5 |
For a first film, it's accomplished; for a college project, it's astonishing. Full Review |
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 C |
Audiences will cringe at the worst patches of the uneven film. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
A very well put together slice of life story showing us a character that always feels one hundred percent realistic. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The movie makes the audience, like many of the other characters in the movie, simply want to get rid of her. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
It's impossible not to emphasize with [the main character]... Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
With friends like this, you'd swear off friends for life. Full Review |
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