From time to time you encounter a movie that's excellent, but somehow doesn't get to you the way it should. This one's such a movie.
So much is done the right way: the calm narrative style and some wonderfully photographed scenes deepen the already atmospheric location work; the actors are convincing; and there's no need for cheap plot twists and conclusions.
But something's missing, maybe some sort of magic realism that would transcend the simple story into a meatier concoction.
I liked it, but I didn't love it.
7 out of 10 humiliating book-readings
So much is done the right way: the calm narrative style and some wonderfully photographed scenes deepen the already atmospheric location work; the actors are convincing; and there's no need for cheap plot twists and conclusions.
But something's missing, maybe some sort of magic realism that would transcend the simple story into a meatier concoction.
I liked it, but I didn't love it.
7 out of 10 humiliating book-readings