Ideally, I wouldn't be very critical of a human-interest story, but the tragedy of Minamata is such an important lesson for all us humans, so any art work based on the tragedy needs thorough critical assessment.
With all due respect to Eugene's work and with the utmost respect to the victims of this gory man-made tragedy, the movie falls short of doing true justice to the actual Minamata story. Some powerful imagery and soul-stirring shots/scenes are present, but the narration, acting, and screenwriting felt haphazard. Poor attention to detail. The backstory was under-developed and focus on unimportant bits does injustice to the real story. Also, the deviation from true events to satisfy cinematic liberty feels unreasonable.
Common guys, you have an incredible story to tell here; you should have buckled up as you don't get a chance every day to portray something as important as this.
Given the sensitive nature of the Minamata tragedy, I would like to reiterate that the 3/5 strictly represents only the movie---a missed opportunity; it is no way a rating for the associated ghastly tragedy, real-events, or the truth.
With all due respect to Eugene's work and with the utmost respect to the victims of this gory man-made tragedy, the movie falls short of doing true justice to the actual Minamata story. Some powerful imagery and soul-stirring shots/scenes are present, but the narration, acting, and screenwriting felt haphazard. Poor attention to detail. The backstory was under-developed and focus on unimportant bits does injustice to the real story. Also, the deviation from true events to satisfy cinematic liberty feels unreasonable.
Common guys, you have an incredible story to tell here; you should have buckled up as you don't get a chance every day to portray something as important as this.
Given the sensitive nature of the Minamata tragedy, I would like to reiterate that the 3/5 strictly represents only the movie---a missed opportunity; it is no way a rating for the associated ghastly tragedy, real-events, or the truth.