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One Life (2023)
A remarkable achievement told through an unremarkable movie
Let's not get confused about that it is we're supposed to review here: the heroic actions taken by Nicky Winton are obviously praiseworthy and worthy of reminder. Unfortunately the specific movie as such doesn't do a great job at doing so while entertaining the viewer. I'm not saying it's a poorly produced film (it's well made), just that it's boring. To me, it's lacking a storyline that keeps me interested. A well made documentary would probably have been more entertaining and worthy of my time, to be honest.
Oh well, it's alright. An interesting and important topic in our current day and age - unfortunately.
Hell or High Seas (2021)
Too much of an American tale
It's about an important and very real problem, and I don't mean in any way dimish that, but the documentary itself is just so incredibly American. For my taste, it's just to dramatized - to the point of becoming kind of tacky. The obvious "twists", the cello playing in the background, the "love for 'murica and my bro's serving in our beloved armed forces", the raising of the American flag in honor of "their extended family", the attempt to portrait it as a heros' journey (complete with reference to The Odyssey)... I'm sorry, but it just makes me not taking it seriously.
Also the fact that the opening obviously is designed to make you think the main guy died during the trip, later revealing he in fact not only lives ("surprise"), but made the whole thing into a business venture... it's just not for me.
Thirteen Lives (2022)
Just watch the documentary instead
I must say, this movie is quite unnecessary when the excellent documentary The Rescue (2021) exist. The documentary is better in every way (including story arch and representation), so I can't really see why you should spend time watching this instead.
Anyway, the film itself isn't that bad, but I didn't find the story told in a very captivating way and also the acting was often quite flawed and stiff (Viggo did a good job, though).
Watch the documentary instead.