Banyo (2005) User Reviews

thumbs down for Altıoklar

[aaydede · 3/10 · 5 September 2005]

If you are expecting to see a lot in the bath of Altıoklar, as it is promised by the tag line, you will be very disappointed to see that the movie consists of nothing but the populist style of Altıoklar regarding most famous issues like sex, marriage and cheating. To much nudity, which seems to appear from nowhere and has no connection or whatsoever to the plot proves that Altıoklar was unsuccessfully to "try something new" as he has quoted. To much sex centered jokes seems to show that Altıoklar had fallen for the famous saying which is "sex sells." I was hoping to see a very good story told with a very good narration technique. However in the end I found myself sitting down for 90 minutes and watching Altıoklar's experimental yet still to much focused on popularism work.

Perfect acting/ Awful scenario and directing

[lincoln1953 · 3/10 · 26 November 2005]

First of all, I am not a huge fan of contemporary Turkish cinema, which is because, the usual pattern of creating a box office success is by hitting below the waistline. This movie is nothing of an artistic masterpiece that deals with taboos, as the director and marketing ads imply. In my mere opinion, the sole purpose of this movie is make money by touching a sensitive morale(in fact it is mostly considered taboo in the native country) Cheap populism might provide with a brief definition of what I meant.

However, the acting is near perfect. In fact, most of the cast has theatrical background and tried hard to compensate for what Altioklar lacked; talent! All members of the cast were perfectly fit in their roles and well qualified for the job, even the less experienced ones. (Like Janset) At least, Altioklar deserves a small word of appreciation , just because he knows well how to choose the cast. Other than that, he is just a media monkey, who presumes himself a director with an artistic talent. Come on, art is not something that solely consists of dealing with naked/half naked women. And just because media boasts off, no director becomes a milestone in the history of Turkish cinema. Just close your ears and o something real artistic, I am waiting eagerly to applause your next work. Hope, this time you manage to achieve an artistic approach.

In short; Pros > Good acting, hot women (just kidding!) :) Cons> Each and every single thing, other than the cast

could not be worse

[sezemahmk11 · 1/10 · 5 December 2005]

this movie offers nothing but the dumbest conversations possible. as a matter of fact i most probably could not have imagined how meaningless a film, how synthetic the dialogs could be until an hour ago, but then again i saw this video. in a movie that does not depend on a powerful script, one expects to see at least good acting and tasty conversations and even some humor maybe, yet this movie lacks them all. you heard me it lacks them all. there is not a single point i like about this movie, none. i hate it. i'm sure anyone will do so too. the name is intended to give the target audience some thoughts of nudity and stuff, yet it fails even at the nudity. i don't know how but i beared to watch this thing for an hour or so, and i definitely recommend you don't do so. worst movie i've seen in my entire life. if someone offers you to watch it, ruuun awaaaaay saaaaaave your liiiiiiiiife

A terrible time waster

[filmovieaholic · 2/10 · 10 January 2006]

Terrible movie. If there is one Turkish film you should avoid seeing in 2006, that should be Banyo. What a waste of time. Other than couple of cheap laughs this movie achieves nothing, nada, zilch, nil. The dialog is cheap, and sexual clichés are all over it. The director needs to watch more films before attempting to direct his own. The red headed women displays examples of what an actress should not do. If you are interested in learning how not to act this is a perfect example of bad acting. The only good thing I can say about the movie is, wait, wait, there is nothing good I can say about it. I must have really disliked it to write about it this much. Jeez!

I liked this movie

[mmeray · 7/10 · 9 January 2007]

I think that the other commentators were expecting a very artistic movie, but this is not the case with this movie. This is more of a tragicomic movie lets you see the relations of three couples from a very different place; not in the kitchen, not in the living room or the bedroom, but the bathroom. Story evolves in three different bathrooms almost at the same time. The movie shows us how the sexual ego of the mankind is controlling him subconsciously. How humankind is fighting between the taboo and the pleasure of sex; by cheating just for sex, sexual pains and desires, our own sexual ego problems and more. And all of these are in three bathrooms. I have no complains about acting, scenario and directing. You can not expect more than that in a such movie, just like in Duel of Steven Spielberg. There you had a car and a truck and here what you have is a bathroom. Or just like you can not expect more from Reservoir Dogs. It is not always what you get is what you see, but it is sometimes what you see is what you get. If you can not see it, then you can't get it. Try to see and get more. Don't look at the things superficially but try to get more out of them and try to understand them. Then you would see that what you get is more than what you see. Use all of your senses; not only your eyes!

Really this is rather good

[Tristan!-2 · 8/10 · 30 October 2010]

I wasn't expecting much from this. The first scene seems very hammy and I thought it was not going to get much better. However, this soon became a very interesting ensemble piece that reminded me a little of "Carícies". The action takes place in two bathrooms, and there are a number of relationships and infidelities taking place. But this is more than your typical farce; it's actually quite clever and rather dark. The film also boasts a good soundtrack and some surprising moments. The acting is top- notch (once you get the first scene over and done with) and the script is fun. A very original story - stick with it, you will be rewarded. A perfect example of a film that you need to watch throughout and not give up after the first fifteen minutes.