PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

megamelfina-995-947675 This movie is very intriguing, and also very long at almost two hours. The drama that unfolds from the beginning is very well done, and the actors involved do an excellent job for the most part. There is a lot of tension, and give the nature of this film, a lot of moral questions raised .Unfortunately, it goes on far too long with little to no payoff. The story fails to be cohesive, and characters fail to stay in their role. Most disappointing, the ending explains nothing and gives no sense of closure. After watching the film for so long, it really just made me go into the credits feeling super annoyed.

rps-2 It was Halloween and we wanted a horror movie. This is not a horror film despite being billed as such.But it is a wonderfully dark and morbid drama that implies rather than depicts horror. The characters are intensely real, whether the self absorbed "master" or the fearful slaves. There is a brooding undercurrent of evil and tension. The dark mood is enhanced by creative lighting and artistic camera work. It also is the antithesis of Hollywood film culture, achieving its dark impact by suggestion rather than depiction. Something a little different and perhaps not to everyone's taste. But I considered it a masterpiece of cinema art. And the ending... Well, I don't do spoilers and I sure wouldn't want to spoil this one.

carolinealicia what some of the reviewers seem not to understand, this isn't a horror movie where someone is going to run after you with a chainsaw or zombies will hobble/run behind you. The horror is in what the enslaved people went through and the curse that carries on. the horror is in the implications. The son's wife asks about the slaves and the son doesn't know. He assumes the slaves were sold. In a dinner conversation the father says there is a need to be ruthless. Later in a flashback scene we see the father get a gun while cursing the salves for the bad weather.... he heads for the door with the gun in his hand. We don't know exactly what he did, there is only the horror of the implication.... He went and shot the slaves because he assumed they were causing the bad weather. When in fact the curse on the land was because of the white family's actions...

floatingpolarbear I was not expecting much but wanted to see something from Argentina. Very quickly I became immersed in this world of isolated evil, control, abuse and powerlessness. It chills your bones. The characters are excellently portrayed, the evil ones with their own personal shade of evil and level of participation. The good are merely prey, without a way out. Lito Cruz who plays the patriarch is extraordinary. He adds such detail and stink to every interaction, truly a genius, you feel the other characters wanting desperately to escape his presence. It is one of the most efficient movies in showing what it's like to be in an evil set-up with rich detail and convincing scenes.