I wanted to like this movie more than ended up actually liking it. There was a lot of good stuff: the clinic in the desert for Holocaust survivors; Willem Dafoe's Nazi character; Jeff Goldblum; the hot nurse, etc. But, things just never clicked for me.
For one thing, the other patients at the clinic had that Island of Misfit Toys feel; each had some strange behavioral tick, like a Wes Anderson flick from the 90's. Also, much of the dialog was inaudible or indecipherable. Snippets of German and strange accents; hard to understand..
Also, if the clinic was for Holocaust survivors, and the year was 1961, why was there a young boy there? He wouldn't even have been born during WWII.
Anyway, this movie is still worth watching because at least it's different. I'll throw it in again someday, and who knows maybe I'll like it better the second time around...
For one thing, the other patients at the clinic had that Island of Misfit Toys feel; each had some strange behavioral tick, like a Wes Anderson flick from the 90's. Also, much of the dialog was inaudible or indecipherable. Snippets of German and strange accents; hard to understand..
Also, if the clinic was for Holocaust survivors, and the year was 1961, why was there a young boy there? He wouldn't even have been born during WWII.
Anyway, this movie is still worth watching because at least it's different. I'll throw it in again someday, and who knows maybe I'll like it better the second time around...