Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

sarion No, I am not kidding.My only regret is there is no way in the universe to unseen this piece of crap...

christianrmaxwell The movie Dogtooth directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and this movie both have some things in common. Not only are they both movies that are very abstract in their production, but they are also both movies that I would describe as experiences rather than films. My reasoning for this is somewhat hard to explain, but it mainly boils down to the fact that both films present a string of events, presented in a very "realistic" (I use this term referring to the shots and dialogue, not at all with the content being presented) manner. This movie was outstanding in terms of visuals, and my god, the soundtrack was phenomenal and added much needed suspense to some moments in the movie that might have suffered without it. The acting in this movie was great as far as the main characters and Keanu Reeve's character go, however, there were a few side characters that I believed did not deliver their lines so convincingly. However, they are side characters and as a result did not draw me out of the movie too often. The story of this movie honestly did not have a lot going on, but again, as with Dogtooth, I believe that is kind of the point. Nicolas Winding Refn is too good of a director and writer to just accidentally present a film with little story. I believe this was done on purpose for this movie, to make it play out, like I said before as an experience. The movie also makes some surprisingly great social commentary on beauty and human nature itself. I have no idea why this movie has "horror" as its first genre, as the movie was not horrifying at all in my opinion. However, I do agree that this movie is a thriller, Refn takes the audience on a ride, winding up the coils of suspense until he just releases the coils and lets everything fly, referring to that crazy ending of course. The strangest and perhaps most intriguing thing about this movie to me was the fact that even though the ending was absolutely insane, it did not seem out of place at all in terms of the movie's universe. Even though the universe at first was presented as very realistic, as the movie went on you could feel the reality start to slip as if Refn had been slowly pulling a rug out from under you. This movie was fantastic, although there were a few flaws, and I do not believe I have the desire to watch it again, it is definitely a thrilling, visually compelling, smart ride that will have you holding on for your life as the credits roll.

sylas_2001 There are no thrills and the only horror is the fact that I sat through this entire movie hoping for a redeeming quality. This "movie" has no plot, no dialogue and makes no sense. That's a couple hours of my life that I will never get back. How they managed to get any known actors to take part in this is far beyond my ability to comprehend. Do yourself a favor and watch some late night QVC-you'll get more out of it than you will by watching this film.

slimecity-38663 I've watched this for the second time after seeing Starry eyes. Both are very similar however the latter is a bit more amateur. This film has more start power, excellent cinematography, better music (of course, for Refn film), beautiful styling, and a pretty good story. The 2 "mean" models are great - and they are both aussies. I really liked this film however it loses its way a bit when the main character does "the Show," that part was a bit derivative of Black Swan, however it wasnt done as well, so its a bit hard to tell what causes the main characters "transformation." Very twisted and very enjoyable. Great acting, Keanu Reeves was a nasty highlight....