NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

adonis98-743-186503 In modern-day Greece, while socioeconomic turmoil ravages Southern Europe, three distinct stories unfold, each representing a different generation of Greeks in love with a foreigner, each story coming together in the end to form a whole. World's Apart is one of those films that will mostly be remembered here in Greece for a entirely different reason than it's story or it's message but for mostly the big mistake that Studios did with it's release you see here in my Country Greece we get some films early and some others we don't and that was the case of 'The Force Awakens' the 7th installment of Star Wars we got the film a week later rather than a week earlier and that caused panic and anger among many people with fans arguing and screaming at those certain Studios that they will boycott all their movies if Star Wars doesn't come the day of it's original release and of course they failed we got the film a week later and personally i was spoiled with pictures from idiots on the Internet and as you read this review you might think "why the hell do i care?" i'll get to that in a second you see because of the whole Star Wars Drama i hated this film and i never wanted to see it now 2 years later the film was finally released on DVD and i gotta say i was such a fool for criticizing it because personally i freaking loved it from start to finish. The messages that the film sends about immigration and fascism are so freaking true on the time that we live in and it shows that not all people are as bad as we think because of their hair, their color, their god or anything like it. Plus the film is all around 'Love' and how Love brings people closer together and we have 3 terrific stories the first is about Daphne and Farris a young Greek woman and a man from Syria, the 2nd is about a Man who falls in love with a woman who is also from a different Country and the last is about Maria a Greek woman who has problems with her husband and her marriage is falling apart and she suddenly meets Sebastian a German who they practically fall in love. Now let me talk about the performances everyone in this film did a terrific and fantastic job but the biggest star of the movie and the one who steals the show is J.K Simmons who plays Sebastian and has a terrific chemistry with Maria Kavoyianni, Christopher Papakaliatis is also really good in the film both as an actor and as writer and director his shots and direction is really beautiful and touches your heart in a lot of ways than one. The 3rd act of the film combines all 3 stories into 1 and has a very sudden and touching ending that is narrated by the amazing J.K Simmons and i really just wanna say i'm sorry i'm sorry that i did not went to see this film in Theaters and i'm sorry for judging it without seeing it it was a big surprise for me and honestly one of the Best Greek Films i have seen in probably decades or should i say Ever? (A+)

cdcrb spoiler alert. this is a very good movie. however, do not see it if your life is in any kind of turmoil. this is a heavy, heavy film. its three stories dealing with the current economic and political situation in Greece unfold in a very downbeat fashion. this is not pretty woman. I can't really tell you much about the three episodes because of spoiler issues. I can say that if you have been following the news about Greece, you will be fairly familiar with most of what goes on. Greece has been in politically unstable for two thousand years, at least, most recently with the coup of 1967. the economic crisis is more recent, but you should have seen it coming when Greece joined the euro brigade. a balanced budget for a country is tricky business, i.e the USA. the film is almost like a documentary, the acting is great and the proceedings all seem too real. if you are a serious movie buff, this is a must see. however, I emphasize, this is a downer, although if you love movies, you'll like this.

mgardubas A lifeless, pretentious picture that might trick some viewers with its repetitious fake emotional climaxes that, near the end of the movie, when the director clearly became bored of even trying to make the script not seem as ridiculous as it is, seem almost funny. The plot is copied from way better movies such as Magnolia while the script(the message of the movie could be reduced to "people good, politicians bad")and the acting is insultingly bad (JKS obviously just wanted to go for vacation to Greece after getting his Oscar. He isn't even trying to act. he is just smiling all the time.) The soundtrack contains many songs that, while individually every one is a pleasure to listen to, are used improperly. The only aspect of the movie that makes this movie somewhat watchable is the camera-work that is quite good at parts.

viliad Go to watch this movie if you like thinking outside the box, if you like exploring different characters, if you are not fully uncomfortable challenging stereotypes. The plot is highly realistic with a good pace from scene to scene throughout the movie. There is a balance between positive and negative aspects of life. The main characters developed by Christoforos Papakaliatis seem to be able to distinguish good from bad but are not always able to follow the pathway of compassion. Understanding an individual of another nation seems to be an extremely difficult task especially if you are not in love with him or her. Apart from the plot, three different ones to be specific, that meet towards the end of the movie; acting was realistic and photography was great. The movie kept you wanting to find more about the characters while politics and how it shapes peoples lives was kept at the background through the movie. This is a great balanced movie!