4/10
Some great performances and shots, but lacking in characters and plot
26 March 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Pros: 1. The opening was brutal, impactful, and it does a good job at immediately grabbing the viewers attention. 2. The cinematography is incredible and is helped enormously by the beautiful natural scenery. 3. There are great performances by Angeliki Papoulia (Elisabeth), Youla Boudali (Rita), and Hristos Passalis (Manolis). 4. The score does a fantastic job at enhancing the wonder, action, ominous foreboding, and every other tone featured.

Cons: 1. The pacing is far too slow, and the movie is inundated with scenes that either last too long or that are wholly unnecessary. 2. The sub-plots belonging to Rita and Elisabeth respectively feel haphazardly stitched together. It's really jarring at times. 3. None of the characters are likable or interesting which makes it difficult to care about what's transpiring. 4. The symbolism sometimes takes precedence over the substance and the story. 5. The reveal of Rita as the killer is neither surprising as no one else had motive, nor impactful as you care nothing for the characters, and it's also poorly built-up to. 6. Some of the side-plots introduced are never expanded upon and go nowhere. Two examples would be Rita's visceral religious visions and Elisabeth's kicking out of Athens because of her illegitimate son.
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