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Plot:
An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.
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MCT:May 16, 2008It has Bjork in it of course Im going to rate it high! :)
Cried like a baby I wonder why I put myself through it sometimes... -
MCT:May 11, 2008
Chilling and tragic. Do not see when you are sad or prone to depression. Well at least if you only see it at face value.
The idea seems interesting, a woman who imagines she's in a musical when things in her life are going bad. We start out with things tough but hopeful that spiral out of control. The acting is done well but the shaky handheld camera shots are destracting. Well done but too artsy for the general public.
If you dig deeper you see hope even during the worst times. In the whole film the only one that seems to purposefully mean Selma harm is the prosecuting attorney. During the dramatic climax between Bill and Selma, despiration leads them to choices of selfish evil and loving sacrifice. The audience sees their motivations and must debate whether the ends justify the means. What do we do when life drives us beyond our breaking point. What do we turn to? -
MCT:May 2, 2008Beautiful and brilliant but depressing as hell. The ending so shocked me I remember sitting in my car for 10 minutes just trying to erase it from my mind.
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MCT:May 2, 2008If this made you cry, or just sad, you're wrong. Also, Peter Stormare would have made everything better if only he was given the chance!
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MCT:April 28, 2008
Deeply moving account of a woman whose life couldn't really get all that much worse, but then does, and then does some more. Bjork is quite astonishing, Catherine Deneuve ditto. The style of cinematography is noteably vivid and shockingly realistic at times. The musical numbers are both incongruous and yet completely appropriate to the heroine's sadly deluded optimism (and beautifully done). At times reminiscent of The Singing Detective/Pennies From Heaven. Quite possibly the saddest film ever. I've seen this twice now and believe it to be a masterpiece.
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bloodonmycheekposted 570 days ago -
brillant.... a film that really moves you... nothing that I've seen can compare to this
posted 600 days ago -
i can't believe how great this movie is, all the perfomances were amazing,björk's music work was completely awesome, i couldn't ask for more and it really and truly brought me to tears, amazing
Bravo!posted 619 days ago -
i'm only a casual non-hater of Bjork, but her performance in this was one of the best peices of acting ever put to film and it's a shame she has vowed off the artform
posted 680 days ago -
this is without doubt the finest movie i have ever seen. nothing makes me cry so hard.
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