TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

garcianyssa This film tells the story of an absentee father who returns home to his two sons, Andrei and Ivan. The three of them go on a road trip and along the way their father attempts to make up for the last twelve years, but is unsuccessful. As their trip continues Andrei and Ivan also grow further apart as Andrei idolizes their father while Ivan distrusts him. When they reach their final destination tensions rise and, inadvertently, Ivan causes his father to fall to his death. Andrei and Ivan are then left to deal with their father's body. This film is an interesting take on a coming of age story as it deals with some of the same themes featured in this genre, like relationships with parents and rebellion, however the film addresses these themes in a much darker way. The struggle that Ivan has with accepting his father as an authority figure in his life and the subsequent change in his relationship with Andrei is the main conflict in the film. From this conflict we see how Ivan changes because of it and comes back to the same situation that we found him in at the beginning of the film. The brothers' relationship with their father also has a significant impact on them. Andrei wants a relationship with their father and obeys his orders while Ivan rejects their father in every way that he can. Only at the end of the film is Ivan able to accept the presence of his father when he shouts and runs into the water as his father's body sinks with the boat that it is on.

Yijia Ding The main idea of this film is to emphasize the great love of a father toward his children. Unlike common logic of depicting a conscious and gentle character, this father is always shown his cruel actions and impatience towards his children. However, scenes demonstrating the responsibility of his is also constantly shown throughout the film, especially the extreme action he took in the end, creating a pessimistic ending, to show his great care for his children. The theme of the father's affection is highlighted this way, and I think this is the uniqueness of this film.However, though I personally do believe this contrast achieved its desired effect, I strongly doubt the logic of this theme. This movie is persuading its audience that one is a good father as long as he is concerned about his kids regardless of how he treats them.I think we need to analyze what makes a good father in the perspective of the benefit of children. Although the intentions of his actions are good, by no means can we deny that he had always making his children feel insecure and stood in a bad mood. A good father should have the ability to control his emotions regardless of what he has been through and provide a good environment for their children's development. In fact, I feel pretty fortunate that he has been away from them for 12 years. If he lived with them for this long period of time, the children's characteristics could be deeply affected by him and become cruel and violent as he is after they grow up. I think almost all fathers love their children, but the difference is what kind of person the child turns into after he or she grows up

cline-368 The Return is a film that is full drama and dynamic emotion. It has many themes as well as artistic filming technique to exemplify the deeper meaning of the film. It starts out with two brothers, Andrei and his younger brother Ivan. Andrei seems to be wanting to fit in, and is easily embarrassed by his younger brother Ivan. However, they become closer again after returning home one day to find that their father had returned home after being mysteriously gone for 12 years. The father is brooding and harsh with the boys showing himself as powerful. Ivan has more trouble dealing with this new discipline than Andrei does creating conflict between the father and son. There is a lot of slow, long takes in the film to display the emotion and enhances the drama of the events. This all leads up to the climatic event of Ivan running away from the father to climb a tower. The father runs after him to save him from doing something drastic. Displaying that even though the father is harsh and isn't particularly fatherly, he still has a fatherly instinct to save his son. The movie has a lot of themes that play out through the film including love, tragedy, drama, and survival. The showing of the love of brothers, and how deep love runs even if it isn't apparent at the surface. The tragedy of not having a father for the first part of your life, and the tragedy of death. The dramatic events throughout the film. And the display of strength to survive even after tragedy. It is an excellent film

MtnShelby This is a beautifully directed and filmed movie. The character study between the wayward, brooding father and his two disillusioned sons is very intense without being unrealistic or melodramatic. There are so many subtle, beautifully-rendered images and scenes, well worth studying for a student of cinema or film fan. The two young actors are remarkable--so very realistic yet expressive in their portrayals. The real life aftermath involving one of the young actors is absolutely chilling. While what happens outside of the film and what happens within the film shouldn't impact one another, I can't help but think of the two as linked, because they were. So very, very sad how real life and the film became entwined.