Slow (like watching paint dry), but nevertheless intriguing from an anthropologist - psychoanalist point of view... Interesting drama. But slow, quite slow.
At the time... Daring and raw portray of not-so innocent childhood. After movies like "Elephant" though, it feels like a cute exploration of mildy disajusted kids.
Not quite as good as "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"... But fairly close. (I would have skiped the very end, when main actor goes tootally out of character),
Low-key spook with great touches (Such as the blur between real-time and recorded images and a couple of intense an unespected twists) It quietly builds tension, the French way.
I love this movie's nuanced, intelligent and gentle humor (It may appear slow to some)... Among other things, Its lessons could explain how certain people can become presidents independently of their.
This is not a good movie (Your typical action flick)... But has a refreshing take on Mayan culture and amazing detail to customes, make-up and full recreation of its culture (Including native language. Photography has been treated in an interesting hand-held videocam low-fi realism that can put-off some purists.
Standard fare claiming the high ground with a pseudo-accusatory probe in the "conflict diamond" industry and the horrors that it supports... But there's something troubling about entertaining that way.