How do you even write something so strong? Oh the performances 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
I think the single take treatment is just a gimmick. Stron opinion I know but why am I waiting for the camera to fly to another location? What is the point of it? I get that in super chaotic scenes long takes work really well and they did a fabulous job here as well, but for other moments naa.
When it comes to the story and everything else though, it’s one of the best things I’ve seen this year.
A proper entertainer for sure. I don’t get why this film is being called “indie/low budget”. Doesn’t really shout Oscar either to me. I was confused with the ending. The core thought doesn’t really move me, doesn’t really feel very new. Great cinematography, fresh with the camera.
Performance of the lead was impressive but the Russian family was a little over the top? I didn’t buy the mom’s character much. Somewhere the film was stuck between larger than life and…
Sometimes it’s good to walk into a film with no context. No reading the text on the poster except the title. This film shot by a very talented and even nicer human/friend was a refreshing experience. The director in the QnA said “I don’t know what the film wanted to say, I did not want to take it seriously. Like a selfish filmmaker I just wanted to tell the story in the way I wanted to and if I had…
Felt like I was reading a novel. So well done, incredibly long and that felt right. I think once in a while I do enjoy these incredibly long films. Why not? Rodrigo Prieto shot it so well. Largely overhead lighting, works so well for it. I might try doing the same. I think these filmmakers really do listen to their instincts.
