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- Review count2
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- First reviewSeptember 12, 2010
- Last reviewFebruary 13, 2011
- Featured reviews0
- Average rating3.5
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Masterfully dark and disturbing
PostedFebruary 13, 2011
autodidact
from New Orleans
With painful intensity and superb cinematography--especially of the dance sequences--this is a psychological Carmen of a movie. Natalie Portman's performance is powerful, convincing and disturbing. Perfection demands a high price.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Arid and empty
PostedSeptember 12, 2010
autodidact
from New Orleans
The director seems to imagine she is fashioning a modern-day Jane Austen narrative and If Juliet were presented as having the slightest redeeming characteristic, one might actually be persuaded to care about her, but she lacks wit, charm, spunk, intelligence or knowledge. The film also lacks the slightest knowledge of middle-east culture. We are asked to believe the sophisticated wife of a career UN official doesn't know enough to cover her head and legs when she walks about unescorted and is surprised she is accosted. Sentimental drivel.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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