Reviews

A true story, masterfully reconstructed, to remind us of the price of war, triggered by unpredictable factors.

An impeccable, flawless production.

The final sequence has, for me, one of the best acting performances I've seen in a long time. That actress should have been nominated for an oscar! And she was in very good company, all the performances were convincing and impeccable, especially the children.

Hats off to the director, and everybody else!

I always thought that the scariest things in the world, among everything shown in terror movies, were not monsters, supernatural, or things like that. It's people, and all the terrible things that they can do to each other. And the everlasting scars that are left, so hard to heal. That's what comes to my mind, after a short reflection. How much of the story is real, we may never know. It's highly controversial, and it seems that all the people involved are not around anymore. But it doesn't really matter. Even considering this history as a fiction, it looks frightfully real, because it brings us the memory of so many people whose minds and lives have been shattered through child abuse. On the other hand, it does remind us of the amazing difference that a single person who care can do. Anyway, it's a great and touching movie, with a nice production and great acting. Certainly worth a close look!

I can't believe what I just saw. This is one of the worst HQ adaptations I've ever seen! They simply mutilated the story, transforming a child into a grown woman (in the original story, she became a woman ALONG the plot), hundred thousands of dead into 80.000, the slow and complicated fall of a dictatorship into the most simple and clean transition of power ever (not one single person of the people got hurt, or had to do anything).

And mainly, they transformed the most ambiguous, complex, mysterious character (he never revealed his sex, or gave any signs of doubt in his actions or love for the girl) into a masked ninja like those seen by the dozens in Hollywood.

Alan Moore was right to deny any knowledge of this.

This movie reminded me of a Miles Davis CD cover, Blue Moods. Everything on the screen is blue: the weather, the sea, the rain, and the the main actor's state of mind.

The story is simple, yet realistic. No special effects, not one of those "video-game" movies with nothing to say, but a sensible and reasonable plot.

A fallen from grace L.A. detective, "exiled" from the big city due to past problems, tries to make a living as a small town police officer. He must find a way to deal with local, mysterious crimes while putting his life together, and keeping his moral code despite of an always present sense of loss.

It's a picture of real life, ladies and gentlemen, not good or bad, just as it is. May be a peasant theme for some, but for me it felt like an oasis on Hollywood's present cultural desert.