Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Alistair Olson After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

macpet49-1 Difficult to watch at times but realistic. I disliked the mother, the daughter (Ilan's sister) most through the film as they are prone to histrionics and screeching/doing irrational things. However, I realized that women do this and perhaps it has to do with body chemistry, I dunno? It's a parable about how when you are young and feel invincible, your hormones can get you into a lot of trouble. That he was attracted to so obvious a Muslim looking girl was his downfall. Stay away from Middle Eastern and Black women and you might be OK. It also is a truth about human beings that has rung through the ages: Human beings are basically no damn good! Wars, drugs, prostitution, poverty, greed, haves/have nots, overpopulation, alien cultures with Nazi values. Better to get a rocking chair and some pets.

ginobean This was a drama based on a real life kidnapping that occurred in France, in 2006. The kidnapping gang targeted Jewish males, because they erroneously thought that all Jews were rich. Performances were excellent all around. I thought the mother was a bit much at times and got on my nerves at times. I realize she was under great stress, but yelling at and berating the police officers and hostage negotiator, who are all there to help you, is not helpful and may indeed have caused them to perform at less than their best. The movie insinuates that there must have been at least a few people in the apartment complex, where the kidnappee was being held, who must have seen something, but this seemed a bit of an overreach. They may have seen something, but given that they didn't know that there had been a kidnapping, they probably had insufficient cause to alert the police.Also, the movie indicates that this was fundamentally an act of anti-semitism. I think it was primarily the act of a gang of fairly ignorant and violent people who thought they could make a quick buck because of their mistaken notion that all Jews were rich. If they had thought a different group of people were all rich, they would most likely have targeted them as well. While watching this movie, you basically vicariously experience what it's like to have a family member kidnapped, and one possible way that it could play out.

archied I recently viewed this movie on Netflix and was struck by the impression that a movie with a similar plot and circumstances would probably not be produced in the US or the UK. Kudos to the makers of this film who had the courage to tell a true story that most people probably were never aware of and where the characters involved do not fit a preferred template. Most foreign-made movies I've seen on Netflix often are superior to American films in both content and acting, primarily because they are devoid of Hollywood scripting/acting where characters mechanically spew their lines with no reflection of authentic human character or realism.

jxc-131-460850 I didn't realize that there were so many anti-Jewish people on IMDb who could not get passed the fact that the victim was Jewish. I would feel badly toward any type of victim out there, Arab, Jewish, Black, Asian, or even White.I agree with the person who wrote that people were judging the film on its merit without even watching it. I thought that it was very well acted. It managed to be suspenseful even to people who knew the outcome of the events, which is a difficult feat.If you have a chance see this film which will give you a slice of history.