★ 8 / 10
Spoilers: Michelle was mesmerizing, such a consummate craftswoman
John O
Spoilers: Michelle was mesmerizing, such a consummate craftswoman. We felt her pain, her grief, her despair and in the end her feistiness, which she had passed…
Spoilers: Michelle was mesmerizing, such a consummate craftswoman. We felt her pain, her grief, her despair and in the end her feistiness, which she had passed on to her son killed at the soccer match. Literally full of life again, at the end, after nearly jumping to her death. Her poetic letter to destroyer bin Laden was the full Kunta Kinte, raising up her child to Osama's face, saying see what a miracle this is, this beautiful boy whom you saw only to kill. Ewan and McFadyen were typically good. In a world where all sides are willing to accept "collateral damage," not seeing the beauty of the people killed, sacrificed on the altar of power, politics and careers, and the lives disrupted if not ruined. London, built on its own ashes over and over, maybe we're too stupid to stop, but on we trudge, was a nice line. The heart of the piece is the suffering of war yet the refusal to stay down once put down. She even lunged for a life after her husband went cold on her, wouldn't quit on love, found it with journalist Ewan, attractive enough for Ewan and Angus to be smitten by her. Grief and survival, plus the journalistic and governmental games people play and the wreckage of their consequences. But, ah, some won't let the bastards keep them down, even if consigned to suffering in the desert for 40 days or longer.
★ 10 / 10
I thought this movie was outstanding! So heart-wrenching
R T
I thought this movie was outstanding! So heart-wrenching. Great performance by Michelle Williams, and I forgot Beautiful she is. Ewen McGregor handsome as…
I thought this movie was outstanding! So heart-wrenching. Great performance by Michelle Williams, and I forgot Beautiful she is. Ewen McGregor handsome as ever. I don't understand the bad reviews at all! Watch it!
★ 2 / 10
Eww, what a stinker. Ok, the premise is
keven q
Eww, what a stinker. Ok, the premise is SO impossible, suspending disbelief isn't enough to believe it. Michelle, who I loved in Blue Valentine and Manchester…
Eww, what a stinker.
Ok, the premise is SO impossible, suspending disbelief isn't enough to believe it. Michelle, who I loved in Blue Valentine and Manchester gives easily the worst, most over wrought, performance of a life time. Her reaction to her husbands friend and co worker was so inane I almost chuckled. Not keeping, wasn't worth watching. So convoluted.
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Spanish sub ? please