Twin Sisters carries so much promise to be a one of the great Holocaust-related movie pieces, while being unique in that it touches none of the gory parts of war but with enough sentimental value and focus on the consequences of complicated family relationships.
However I was not impressed - it looked like an average movie to me in the end because it lacked a lot of kick that I expected but did not materialize, given the weight of the subjects matter.
One of the major flaws - I was quite disappointed that the (adult) sisters lacked the enthusiasm or chemistry in certain very critical scenes. Not knowing each other for so long was not a good enough excuse for this flaw, because the sisters apparently had better chemistry with their male partners during their own first encounters? The arc involving the old version of the sisters looked like a mere filler to me as I believe the movie chose to detract focus on the present and dwell more in the past, a big mistake, as they could have demonstrated more via a longer last-chance reconciliation meeting.
This was an obvious contrast to the child versions of the sisters who were better actors in my opinion, as the kid actors had demonstrated strong raw emotions and worries towards each other characters despite being miles apart, and that was when the movie was at its best (looked like a 4.5 star at that point).
However I was not impressed - it looked like an average movie to me in the end because it lacked a lot of kick that I expected but did not materialize, given the weight of the subjects matter.
One of the major flaws - I was quite disappointed that the (adult) sisters lacked the enthusiasm or chemistry in certain very critical scenes. Not knowing each other for so long was not a good enough excuse for this flaw, because the sisters apparently had better chemistry with their male partners during their own first encounters? The arc involving the old version of the sisters looked like a mere filler to me as I believe the movie chose to detract focus on the present and dwell more in the past, a big mistake, as they could have demonstrated more via a longer last-chance reconciliation meeting.
This was an obvious contrast to the child versions of the sisters who were better actors in my opinion, as the kid actors had demonstrated strong raw emotions and worries towards each other characters despite being miles apart, and that was when the movie was at its best (looked like a 4.5 star at that point).