Reviews

After the first half hour I started flicking through channels but nothing else was on. I couldn't stand all the unnecessary yelling & abuse. Tried a few more times with same result so was stuck with it. After 45 minutes it got more watchable. There was far too much abuse & aggression form the paternal character. He dominated every scene & was alwayd loud. I have nursed many dementia patients over a decade & never had one that was always abusive. It's very OTT. You know early he was a horrible father so there was no need for it to go on right up to the end. As adults it wasn't plausible his chidren would still be in his life. It is even less plausible he would be around his gradnchildren with his hateful behavior. If you can get past the first half it settles down & becomes more warchable. It shows more of the other characters & doesn't have quite as much yelling.

I really enjoyed this movie. Slavery is the most evil thing imaginable. The cruelty that came with it is beyond comprehension. Even a benevolent master can change when it suits him & there is nothing you can do about. The movie was based on a true story but I have never heard of it before. Nate Parker is a very talented man & he did a geat job with this film. The photography was one of the few things he didn't do himself & it was also very good. It's not your foul mouthed shoot em up but a thoughtful piece on how life was for all the powerless souls who "belonged" to others. Every minute of every day anything can happen. You push people too hard & one day they push hard back at you.

This movie is at least 30 minutes too long. They could have shaved that off by deleting the ridiculous slo mo-cgi. The plot is quite pathetic. It is the kind of thing you would show primary school students on a recruiting drive. You are supposed to believe a group of hard nose soldiers are fawning over one girl as if she was the virgin Mary.

There are much better & more probable war movies that are available. This is more like a spaghetti western with machine guns. Unimaginative, not entertaining & 2.5 hours of your life you will never get back. Do yourself a favour, save your money & give it a miss.

The photography was quite interesting but everything else was boring, overdone rubbish. It is brutal & the pagans are treated like some type of sub human species. They are made to look ridiculous with covering their faces entirely in clay & shaking their heads like dogs. Then in other shots they are acting like they have deep emotional ties with each other & can be affectionate. It looks like the director or writer can't make their minds up about what type of humans they are. The priests also seem to be a bit confused with contradictory actions. I tried hard to watch it but fell asleep 3 times & found the ending was not worth waiting for. Don't bother wasting yourtime.

I hung in for an hour but couldn't stand it anymore. The Sean Penn character is a pathetic excuse for a human being somewhere between demented Ozzie Osbourne & Michael Jackson. If you think this movie is going to be about the survival of someone in a concentration camp, don't waste your time because it isn't.

What a lovely movie! We would all like to go out on our terms but not many have the fight & the energy to break away & achieve something awe inspiring. Sheila Hancock must have been very fit for her 84 years & did a fab job in some beautifully rugged countryside. I really liked the way the young people helped her when she needed it. No sex, nudity & very minimal bad language.

Dont waste your time. The condescending way Tom Hanks speaks to others throughout the movie is very insulting to an adult audience. If you can find some other way to spend 2 hours, do it.

I was really enjoying this until they bought in a character called Lexie at the end of episode 3. The silly & unnecessary plot twist was even more confusing during episode 4. It ruined the whole thing & I couldnt be bothered wasting my time on it after that.

This is a great movie based on a true story. It shows how hard life was for a single woman in the not so distant past. She was hard working & resilient but so were the children. You can watch this with the whole family & it will be a great way to show your kids how lucky they are. It also shows how much a bit of kindness can impact the lives of others. It doesn't matter to me if a movie is not technically perfect. We seem to have a lot of people who come here trying to show off their critical skills. This site is not an audition for a job. If you have a heart you will love this story.

I gave up after 45 minutes. The flashbacks made it feel very disjointed & didn't do justice to what an amazing young woman Tami really was. The book Red Sky in Mourning held my attention & was hard to put down. As survival stories go this has to be one of the best due to the courage, knowledge & resourcefulness of Tami. Losing someone you love is always hard but in these circumstances it must have been unbearable.

This movie will make you cry. The thoughtless way this poor man was treated by Englishmen destroyed his life. His mother did the same to his wife. Dev Patel is outstanding as the mathematical genius who persisted in spite of racism, poverty & separation from the woman he loved. Based on a true story of a remarkable person who died way too soon.

This is a really fun movie & its family friendly. It is a light hearted look at America in the early 60s & in one scene 3 houses in a row have the men digging bomb shelters. The soundtrack is great & if it doesn't make you smile, nothing will!

This is one of the most stupid movies I have ever seen. The $1 DVD from the op shop was a waste of money & it went in the bin after wasting my time trying to watch it.

The horrible music in the first 20 minutes made this movie too intolerable to go any further into it.

Dull, dreary & horrible. I have tried more than once to watch it but it isn't worth the time.