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Dan Fainaru

Dan Fainaru's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Chasuke's Journey (2015) 80% EDIT “Trying to make sense or find reasons for the various proceedings can only have confusing results.” – Screen International May 16, 2019 Full Review The Fourth Direction (2015) 67% EDIT “While the plot's moral code is fairly obvious, Singh's directorial choices are often remarkably effective...Unfortunately, the pace inflicted on the above risks alienating viewers to the point where 30 minutes less would be so much more.” – Screen International Apr 1, 2019 Full Review The Wild Pear Tree (2018) 94% EDIT “Having to deal constantly with an ample text and subtitling in which every word counts, one can't help wishing, every once in a while, for a chance to rewind and listen again. That, unfortunately, is not an option open to cinema audiences.” – Screen International May 20, 2018 Full Review The Third Murder (2017) 87% EDIT “Kore-Eda's approach to a kind of Law and Order concept may take his followers by surprise but should ultimately satisfy most, once they realise they are in for a new type of experience.” – Screen International Sep 5, 2017 Full Review Foxtrot (2017) 94% EDIT “Though it is all about mourning and loss, Maoz' script reaches way beyond, unveiling in each one of his leading characters deep layers of past guilt that might have never been revealed in normal circumstances.” – Screen International Sep 2, 2017 Full Review Longing (2017) 75% EDIT “Entertaining and moving, it never quite exploits the potential of its hallucinatory ending, leaving the audience to fill in the gaps instead.” – Screen International Sep 1, 2017 Full Review Directions (2017) 100% EDIT “A bleak insight into modern-day Bulgaria.” – Screen International Jun 1, 2017 Full Review The Workshop (2017) 89% EDIT “Part social survey, part political documentary, with the potential flicker of a love story and the touch of a thriller.” – Screen International May 23, 2017 Full Review Barbara (2017) 84% EDIT “When everything is said and done, Barbara fans will love it, even if the rest may well wonder what is it all about.” – Screen International May 18, 2017 Full Review Loveless (2017) 94% EDIT “Spivak and Rozin play the dysfunctional couple to the hilt, but each in his own way, she much tougher and hard, he softer and more restrained.” – Screen International May 18, 2017 Full Review The Teacher (2016) 91% EDIT “Maurery handles her character, a nasty piece of work to be sure, with such natural aplomb that she makes Mrs Drazdechova not only perfectly credible but pretty scary too.” – Screen International May 15, 2017 Full Review Highway (2012) EDIT “What's left are best intentions squandered on a sadly unoriginal plot -- or more accurately put, plots -- which unfold in a disorganised and too often manipulated manner, leaving viewers indifferent and apathetic to it all.” – Screen International Mar 7, 2017 Full Review The Other Side of Hope (2017) 92% EDIT “As economical in his visual style as he is with his dialogue, Kaurismaki makes the most out of having his actors do the least.” – Screen International Feb 14, 2017 Full Review Rekvijem Za Gospodju J (2017) EDIT “Holding the picture together, Karanovic is a consummate performer who never steps out of her role, her face a mask of bewildered defeat at things she cannot comprehend or care for anymore.” – Screen International Feb 14, 2017 Full Review Wild Mouse (2017) 20% EDIT “The plot gradually falls apart into a series of sketches whose points are often dulled by self-indulgence, thin characters or a lack of dramatic coherence.” – Screen International Feb 12, 2017 Full Review Afterimage (2016) 86% EDIT “This is an essential addition to the tragic cultural history of the communist era in Eastern Europe and the disasters wrecked by this totalitarian rule.” – Screen International Oct 16, 2016 Full Review The Son of Joseph (2016) 93% EDIT “A surprisingly refreshing, smart, intelligent and often entertaining, tongue-in-cheek take on the nature of family bonds, using references from the Old and the New Testament.” – Screen International Oct 11, 2016 Full Review The Fixer (2016) 83% EDIT “[An] earnest but overstated social drama whose real point of interest and its most interesting part remains the authentic case on which it is based.” – Screen International Sep 11, 2016 Full Review Kor (2016) EDIT “Demirkubuz manages to lead this trio through a maze of suspicions, fears, psychological uncertainties and social pressures, never entirely spelled out but made clear enough by each character's conduct.” – Screen International Sep 11, 2016 Full Review As I Open My Eyes (2015) 100% EDIT “Despite the constant arguments between Farah and her mother, their relationship remains the closest, warmest and the most touching feature of the entire film.” – Screen International Sep 7, 2016 Full Review A Woman's Life (2016) 82% EDIT “Chemla is a perfect choice for the lead, whether she is exuding happy expectancy from life as a young girl, stubbornly standing by her hopelessly spoiled brat when she shouldn't, or gradually losing her mind towards the end.” – Screen International Sep 6, 2016 Full Review The Wedding Plan (2016) 86% EDIT “It is pleasant to watch, needs a much stronger structure to hold it together, but mature audiences - especially with some affinity to Jewish traditions - should enjoy it.” – Screen International Sep 2, 2016 Full Review Fatima (2015) 84% EDIT “Philippe Faucon's praiseworthy Fatima tackles the fate of North African immigrants desperately trying to find their place in a French society which seems less than enthusiastic to acquire them with open arms or on equal terms.” – Screen International Aug 22, 2016 Full Review Fidelio, Alice's Odyssey (2014) 83% EDIT “Sending a woman around the world to find her anchor may be a nice concept to begin with, but the script of... Fidelio - Alice's Journey lacks the necessary structure to sustain it all through or lead it securely into safe harbour.” – Screen International May 23, 2016 Full Review Graduation (2016) 94% EDIT “This portrait of parental dilemma which erupts out of the blue but is deeply anchored in Romanian soil is a universal story which brings with it strong prospects for both prestige and market success.” – Screen International May 19, 2016 Full Review
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