It's a good movie, but not a must-watch. The plot line and structure of this movie were good. However, it definitely could have been better. Firstly, the characters and their personalities were a good match and gave you a sense of their life, not to mention how they are presented to us, to understand their role and demeanor through the movie. I didn't have an issue with the characters. I think they represented traditional hotshot actors, ''cultured'' film producers, Turkish mothers-in-law, and family dynamics. It added to the story. Secondly, the plot was something that had unique aspects to it. It was different. Pretty good story layout and is easy to follow. Thirdly I want to address the dialogues. I liked how the characters interacted with each other. As I said, it gives off different energies for the characters. I liked how each character had specific features in their dialogues such as tones, facial and body language, etc. Now, I want to state why this could have been a better movie. I think the producers forgot they needed to tie this movie to an end and just tried to create something as quickly as possible. It feels like this movie is intended to be longer. The storyline and plot were going somewhat well. However, we are faced with the end. I didn't like it because apart from being sudden it also doesn't explain anything. I know what you're thinking. ''there's a deeper meaning'', ''It symbolizes something'', ''You have to think about it''... No. The movie wasn't thought out. The ending was simply a quick cut and left the viewers with a bored look and the producers hoping for at least a 5-star rating. The bottom line is this. This movie had good potential, but unfortunately, it did not meet it. There were unnecessary details that I think stole from the time that should've been used for the ending. It feels like the writers had little time to create this movie and didn't plan it through. Also, in the movie, they use the term ''metaverse'', which is not the right term. That was a very bad mistake. It should have been something about alternate realities. Maybe quote Stephen Hawking or use a pop culture reference (Marvel Universe) but ''metaverse'' was a horrible mistake and the film slowly but steadily got worse from that point on. Watch it if you like, but you won't see this film in a top film list.
13 Reviews
Lazy Writing
LeComteNoir10 April 2023
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First of all, it is a Netflix movie. Like all Turkish Netflix movies, it starts with sex which doesn't contribute anything to the story. The movie mainly focuses on the dichotomy of modern vs traditional women. Our main character Dilara is an actress and represents the "modern" women at the start of the movie. Later on, she shoots a shampoo commercial which she isn't very hyped about because of the character named Handan in the ad. Whilst the shooting is ongoing, the director becomes dissatisfied with her acting and suggests her to "be" the character. Out of the blue, we observe that her life is shifted with the character.
The overall story could have been interesting but as I stated in the headline, there is so much lazy writing. The only thing that makes us curious is not explained enough in the movie, and that is naturally "How did that shifting of lives happen?" The movie does not answer this question. The only thing we are sure of is, she did experience all of those things (which is the entirety of the movie). We observe this by seeing a burn on her arm which the other character had burned herself earlier. But the movie doesn't answer how this happened or why she experienced them. We don't see any changes in her previous life as well. Thus, lazy writing it is.
If we take a feminist approach only, the movie doesn't deliver at that point as well. Because she wasn't oppressed when she shifted lives. The males are a bit uneducated but understanding and rather weak. This isn't the story of an oppressed traditional woman achieving herself. The motive was rather selfish on her part: She wants her old life back and that is it.
The overall story could have been interesting but as I stated in the headline, there is so much lazy writing. The only thing that makes us curious is not explained enough in the movie, and that is naturally "How did that shifting of lives happen?" The movie does not answer this question. The only thing we are sure of is, she did experience all of those things (which is the entirety of the movie). We observe this by seeing a burn on her arm which the other character had burned herself earlier. But the movie doesn't answer how this happened or why she experienced them. We don't see any changes in her previous life as well. Thus, lazy writing it is.
If we take a feminist approach only, the movie doesn't deliver at that point as well. Because she wasn't oppressed when she shifted lives. The males are a bit uneducated but understanding and rather weak. This isn't the story of an oppressed traditional woman achieving herself. The motive was rather selfish on her part: She wants her old life back and that is it.
No, thats not enough
olcare11 April 2023
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I dont like this one. Now let me summarize a little bit.
First of all, the performances of the actors were quite ordinary, I expected someone to come out and shine, but it did not happen. It was also weird and unnecessary to have too many sex scenes (I'm not saying no sex scenes, but not artificial like that).
If I look at it from a technical point of view, I liked 2 time-lapses (scenes that are fast versions of short sections) I liked very much. I liked those scenes and the last dance scene. I didn't like the rest of the movie.
There were many logical errors. Although our main character (Dilara) is a different person in the part where she changes dimensions, it didn't have much of an effect, it made this movie worse.
So imagine that you went to another universe, imagine what kind of panic you would experience or how you would be terrified, there was none in this movie, as if they thought that 2 screams and 2 reactions would be enough, it was very insufficient.
Although it is a directing and adaptation, I did not like the script very much, I want much better digital works to come for our country, this level is very insufficient.
It was also a big mistake for them to make some real life very difficult things easy (cheating, money laundering, resizing, babysitting, getting approval from a psychiatrist and returning to real life). I wish I liked it, but I don't like it, it's not a recommendation.
First of all, the performances of the actors were quite ordinary, I expected someone to come out and shine, but it did not happen. It was also weird and unnecessary to have too many sex scenes (I'm not saying no sex scenes, but not artificial like that).
If I look at it from a technical point of view, I liked 2 time-lapses (scenes that are fast versions of short sections) I liked very much. I liked those scenes and the last dance scene. I didn't like the rest of the movie.
There were many logical errors. Although our main character (Dilara) is a different person in the part where she changes dimensions, it didn't have much of an effect, it made this movie worse.
So imagine that you went to another universe, imagine what kind of panic you would experience or how you would be terrified, there was none in this movie, as if they thought that 2 screams and 2 reactions would be enough, it was very insufficient.
Although it is a directing and adaptation, I did not like the script very much, I want much better digital works to come for our country, this level is very insufficient.
It was also a big mistake for them to make some real life very difficult things easy (cheating, money laundering, resizing, babysitting, getting approval from a psychiatrist and returning to real life). I wish I liked it, but I don't like it, it's not a recommendation.
How to kill the spirit of a cult movie 101
canspage10 April 2023
This remake is a total dissappoinment and fiasco. Really sloppy scenario and dialogs (I could not stand one more "f..k off" curse from the leading actress). The original was much more better in art direction (come on ...chandelier in 2020's ...only maybe in the tv shows and retro wannabe shops) and building the middle class life realities of 80's Turkey. This is like a clumsy parody of the original one, which was like nightmare of an independent woman who runaway from nuclear familys' bondings but this one is almost like a circus. Mujde Ar plays more real and insist staying neurotic as being a dissociative patient but the new actress is acting ameteurishly hysterical and psychotic. So I recommend everyone to watch the original movie in order to understand what the film was supposed to criticize such as consumer culture, moral dilemmas and societal changings of that era. In sum this adaptation missed two essentials of the original version: being critical and funny which are the spirit of the original movie.
Not worth a rewatch.
shrabonisc10 April 2023
The case cohesion in this film was well done, and the storyline was quite eccentric. The main character, Dilara, is a prominent movie and theatre star in Turkiye, and her boyfriend and co-star, Serkan, is a sleazy drug-abuser. Adding to the mix is a secondary actress who is jealous of Dilara. In the film, Dilara is cast in a shampoo commercial playing the role of Handan, a banker with a distasteful older husband and two children. Dilara dislikes this role, which leads to numerous retakes during filming. However, during one of the shampoo commercial scenes, she finds herself mysteriously transported into Handan's life stuck with husband Necat - a world away from being an actress. She begins conspiring to find a way back to her own life as Dilara.
While the chemistry between Serkan and Dilara was well portrayed, and their relationship as self-centered people was solid, the execution of the film's ending was poor. There was no resolution to the storyline involving Handan's affair or her fraud, nor was there any conclusion to the money being thrown from the roof. Additionally, there was no resolution to Handan's daughter's apparent understanding that Dilara was not her real mother and asking when her mother would return. The film's ending was abrupt, with Dilara returning to the shampoo commercial and realising that her experience as Handan was real when she noticed a burn on her arm.
The type of meta-humour or "out of body experience" humour in the film was concluded lazily by the writers, and even for a movie based on metafiction, it needed a stronger conclusion. However, Neslihan Atagul's performance was, as always, incredible. Although, it could be argued that her character could have benefited from a stronger comedic angle, rather than solely relying on emotional, confused, and snarky moments for a lighter overall finish.
While the chemistry between Serkan and Dilara was well portrayed, and their relationship as self-centered people was solid, the execution of the film's ending was poor. There was no resolution to the storyline involving Handan's affair or her fraud, nor was there any conclusion to the money being thrown from the roof. Additionally, there was no resolution to Handan's daughter's apparent understanding that Dilara was not her real mother and asking when her mother would return. The film's ending was abrupt, with Dilara returning to the shampoo commercial and realising that her experience as Handan was real when she noticed a burn on her arm.
The type of meta-humour or "out of body experience" humour in the film was concluded lazily by the writers, and even for a movie based on metafiction, it needed a stronger conclusion. However, Neslihan Atagul's performance was, as always, incredible. Although, it could be argued that her character could have benefited from a stronger comedic angle, rather than solely relying on emotional, confused, and snarky moments for a lighter overall finish.
this is not a good movie
wolnarozgwiazda7 April 2023
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Secondary,boring. Unecessary comedic style. However,there was multi kulti. If it was.supposed.to be feminist film, it didn't.work out. Maybe.in the 80s.the plot was impressive,but not now. A lot destroys the comedic style vibe. If this was meant to adress the problem of domestic hens, then I don't see any problem there. There is no violence against women or lack of opportunites for their development. There are no terrible men there. Moreover, the men here are weak. The main character is annoying. The topic of the psychiatric hospital is treated head-on-top. A potential hospital coach is a wasted potential.
for a northeuropean...
ops-525358 April 2023
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And the english speaking cristian faith audiences of the world this is fantasycomedy that one are familiar with, and the main impression to the grumpy old mans mind is that its more chaotic and gloomy than funny....
its all due to a shampoo , that needs advertising, the shampoo takes revenge on the main actress of the comercial, because she doesnt like the shampoo nor the script and plot of the advert, a revenge that makes the actress shapeshift into the maincaracter of the comercial film, for real...!!
Sound funny from the basic storyline, but theyve put a dead serious grumpy actress into the rolecaracter, a role that shouldve had the nitwit kind of characteristics...but thats my opinion, ill give it a max of 6, it touches some religiously sore toes at moments, and the momentum of the order is crystal clear, but a comedial miss it is .
its all due to a shampoo , that needs advertising, the shampoo takes revenge on the main actress of the comercial, because she doesnt like the shampoo nor the script and plot of the advert, a revenge that makes the actress shapeshift into the maincaracter of the comercial film, for real...!!
Sound funny from the basic storyline, but theyve put a dead serious grumpy actress into the rolecaracter, a role that shouldve had the nitwit kind of characteristics...but thats my opinion, ill give it a max of 6, it touches some religiously sore toes at moments, and the momentum of the order is crystal clear, but a comedial miss it is .
Surprised (for good) by the ending
ervinabajrami17 April 2023
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I saw a review in this section which mentioned that the ending could have been better, and I am here to add that "cliché" comment "it has a deeper meaning".
What this film is trying to convey according to me, is an artist's life, be it actor, painter, musician, poet etc. The pain they undergo to give birth of their art... in this case we deal with acting, and even though the actor knows that there exists a real life outside the film or the play they are playing, they could get so immersed in it, to that degree that when they leave, they are not the same anymore, they even could end up with scars.
So, in the end we have this very short scene, which can so easily be overlooked, where Dilara has a scar on her arm. That scar was not there before she acted Belinda, it appeared after she got lost in Belinda's life. Dilara not only has changed, but from now on, she carries the scars of a character which she played.
And I am not saying every known actor experiences this, I am simply implying that certain actors, certain artists (probably very few) which feel deeply they art, have a price to pay. But maybe it is a worthwhile price...
What this film is trying to convey according to me, is an artist's life, be it actor, painter, musician, poet etc. The pain they undergo to give birth of their art... in this case we deal with acting, and even though the actor knows that there exists a real life outside the film or the play they are playing, they could get so immersed in it, to that degree that when they leave, they are not the same anymore, they even could end up with scars.
So, in the end we have this very short scene, which can so easily be overlooked, where Dilara has a scar on her arm. That scar was not there before she acted Belinda, it appeared after she got lost in Belinda's life. Dilara not only has changed, but from now on, she carries the scars of a character which she played.
And I am not saying every known actor experiences this, I am simply implying that certain actors, certain artists (probably very few) which feel deeply they art, have a price to pay. But maybe it is a worthwhile price...
If you accept the premise, you'll enjoy the movie
Red-12512 August 2023
Aaahh Belinda (2023) is a Turkish movie directed by Deniz Yorulmazer.
It stars Neslihan Atagül as Dilara/Handan. The fact that she has two names is the key to the plot. Dilara is a supermodel, who is shooting a commercial for the shampoo Belinda. The shampoo company wants to attract buyers by not just having a model who is taking a shower, but by putting her into an imaginary family. Suddenly, Dilara realizes that she is living in the world of Handan, the name of the wife of the imaginary family.
The problem is that it is, indeed, a real family. Dilara knows that it's not, but no one--including her husband--will believe her.
Neslihan Atagül is, of course, very beautiful. Her role requires her to be beautiful--she's a supermodel. She's also a good actor. The plot has been done before, but it's still enjoyable to see how it will play out.
Aaahh Belinda has a terrible IMDb rating of 5.3. It's not that bad. In fact, I liked it and rated it 8.
It stars Neslihan Atagül as Dilara/Handan. The fact that she has two names is the key to the plot. Dilara is a supermodel, who is shooting a commercial for the shampoo Belinda. The shampoo company wants to attract buyers by not just having a model who is taking a shower, but by putting her into an imaginary family. Suddenly, Dilara realizes that she is living in the world of Handan, the name of the wife of the imaginary family.
The problem is that it is, indeed, a real family. Dilara knows that it's not, but no one--including her husband--will believe her.
Neslihan Atagül is, of course, very beautiful. Her role requires her to be beautiful--she's a supermodel. She's also a good actor. The plot has been done before, but it's still enjoyable to see how it will play out.
Aaahh Belinda has a terrible IMDb rating of 5.3. It's not that bad. In fact, I liked it and rated it 8.
"Revival" by Hasan Ozsut is still playing in my head..
sandeepkrishnan-0070422 July 2023
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I have no clue how many times I have re-watched this movie's climax! "Revival" by Hasan Ozsut is still playing in my head..
Only after seeing this film did I learn that it was a remake of an earlier film from the 80s. So, I had to see it, and to be honest, I preferred the ending of the new version.. It's quite moving..
It's like Dilara's awakening to the reality of the world after all the experiences she had in her dream, and perhaps as a result, she will become a better person..
Beautiful film.. Perfect cast.. Fantastic soundtrack.. Excellent direction.. I really enjoyed the film, especially the climax..
watched it non stop !
jimsahin17 May 2023
From beginning to the end this movie makes you curious about what's going to happen next!
I really enjoyed it strongly recommend it.
Acting was really good , and surprised me actually!
Normally I don't watch Neslihan Atagul tv shows and I was a bit judgemental before starting to this movie , but she's proven me wrong . Very good acting!
I loved watching her housewife life .. her relationship with the husband was funny to watch .
The movie starts like a comedy and then turns into thriller movie , at least you feel like that.
Neslihan Atagül Dogulu really nails the tone of the movie in her high-strung performance.
I really enjoyed it strongly recommend it.
Acting was really good , and surprised me actually!
Normally I don't watch Neslihan Atagul tv shows and I was a bit judgemental before starting to this movie , but she's proven me wrong . Very good acting!
I loved watching her housewife life .. her relationship with the husband was funny to watch .
The movie starts like a comedy and then turns into thriller movie , at least you feel like that.
Neslihan Atagül Dogulu really nails the tone of the movie in her high-strung performance.
Very good!
tahachad30 April 2023
I didn't think that it's very good according imdb grade that was 5.6 or 5.7
But when I started to watch it , it was really amazing for me
Very cool story and very comedy
The Turkish swearings are adorable 😂😂😂😂
Dilara was very Beautiful ( Neslihan Atagul ) a great Turkish actress
Story was amazing and I really liked it Some scenes were comedy And I laughed a lot 😂😂😂😂
The shampoo advertisement of Belinda is really cool .
Aaaah , Belinda !
I recommend it for watching , Netflix is Really great in all countries Good camera with the high quality and very good actors and actresses that were acting great.
Dilara was very Beautiful ( Neslihan Atagul ) a great Turkish actress
Story was amazing and I really liked it Some scenes were comedy And I laughed a lot 😂😂😂😂
The shampoo advertisement of Belinda is really cool .
Aaaah , Belinda !
I recommend it for watching , Netflix is Really great in all countries Good camera with the high quality and very good actors and actresses that were acting great.
Mind-bending, fun, and thought-provoking
ttm_here22 May 2023
It's not just a feel-good comedy with strange plot twists, but rather a deep insight into what goes on when one takes on a role and lives through it to master it. Neslihan did a phenomenal job and proved herself, once again, to be an actress of a great caliber.
It isn't just a short commercial, but a little life journey that was lived and experienced whether in a different dimension, or in the imagination of an actress. The lines become blurry and it becomes easy to understand what it's like to live in a society when one may have a mental breakdown or mental issues - to viewers and the protagonist they are right, but when we see the way others around them react is concerning, to say the least.
On another note, it highlights the importance of following one's truth and internal conviction, reliance on one's confidence, and refusal to please the masses by compliance. There's so much to unpack!
The interesting foreshadowing was the protagonist's boyfriend's words about "not bringing the character back into their home and/or relationship."
10/10 if you pay attention and appreciate the depth.
It isn't just a short commercial, but a little life journey that was lived and experienced whether in a different dimension, or in the imagination of an actress. The lines become blurry and it becomes easy to understand what it's like to live in a society when one may have a mental breakdown or mental issues - to viewers and the protagonist they are right, but when we see the way others around them react is concerning, to say the least.
On another note, it highlights the importance of following one's truth and internal conviction, reliance on one's confidence, and refusal to please the masses by compliance. There's so much to unpack!
The interesting foreshadowing was the protagonist's boyfriend's words about "not bringing the character back into their home and/or relationship."
10/10 if you pay attention and appreciate the depth.
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