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- Review count2
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- First reviewMay 31, 2011
- Last reviewApril 21, 2013
- Featured reviews0
- Average rating1.5
lovefilm's Reviews
Overall rating
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5
Wait to see it on a plane . . . WAY overrated
PostedApril 21, 2013
Dialogue
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5
Special Effects
3
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5
Art Direction
3
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5
Acting
3
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5
Story
1
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5
Camerawork
2
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5
This film had a very weak script, full of overly convenient plot twists, shallow characters who only act as plot devices, and little or no thematic resonance. I'm a huge fan of some of the actors here, but this writer-director really should have had someone else write the script.
I admired the unusual plot structure of handing off the film between three different protagonists, but that was about the only high point for me.
Without saying anything specific, the ending just falls flat in a way that does nothing to bring meaning to what came before it. Even the talented actors here (Cooper and Gosling) couldn't save this shallow, muddled script. And I wish I would have saved my money.
Cons bad script, amateurish directing, shallow characterizations
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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5
Awful, awful, awful . . .
PostedMay 31, 2011
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from Los Angeles, CA
The walkouts started a mere 10 minutes into the film. I thought the people leaving were being absurd, because I just figured it would get better. It didn't -- and in fact, got MUCH worse. All told, it's a trite, unentertaining meditation on the Book of Job and God (and why, if God is good, do bad things happen). Malick's answer is shallow, didactic, and often on-the-nose. I love THE THIN RED LINE, and despised this bucket of Malick's vomit. Occasionally, there is a bright spot of brilliant cinematography, and the older brother's acting is inspired at times. But overall, actors are underutilized. Feels like Malick scammed some producers into letting him shoot a bunch of exotic locations, then had an editor try to make sense of the mess with voiceover. Avoid it at all costs -- it's a terrible waste of time, and you'll leave the theater as less of a human because you've been exposed to this dreck. Forget the win at Cannes - the French are playing a joke on us.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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