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Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

cervus35 The most intense scene comes at the end when the mother meets with the parents of the dead boy. When the mother of the driver (Cornelia) tries to persuade the mother of the dead boy that her own son is a nice kid, that he did certain good things in childhood etc, one has to ask, How cruelly insensitive can one person be toward another? The scene is more honest than typical reconciliation scenes in sentimental movies in which "two people come together over their shared grief" in a clichéd way. Since we know that the mother (Cornelia) has done everything to exculpate her guilty and irresponsible son -- including bribery of police, damaging sworn evidence, bribery of witnesses, and pressure on politicians -- we can not sympathize with her. At least that's the way I understood this scene, the climax of the movie. The sadness Cornelia feels because she is estranged from her rotten son can not excuse her criminal actions. The rotten son's brief handshake with the grieving father is very minor compared with the cruel and illegal actions of the mother. This is a realistic and honest film, even if it's not shot or sound-recorded with great beauty.

numedeuser More than 90% of the rich and powerful in Romania, who kills(by accident or not) a poor one, escape with little or no punishment from the state legislators.I would have liked, that the people who made this film had the balls to end it otherwise than how the rich wants.In the same pervert way, the doctor(who falsified the blood test making it without alcohol) and the chief policeman(who permitted and even suggested the rich to break the law) gained some kind of profit from the rich and powerful, the makers of this film had compromised and end it exactly how the rich wants(after all, it is they who pay for the making of the movie).I liked most of the movie(which is pretty much in conformance with the reality in Romania), even though at the same time i felt so much disgust seeing these fake people(the rich ones) acting without honesty, dignity, empathy.... This movie is not a winner. It is a looser, unfortunately, because of the end of it.

Kiddo The whole movie contains excessive drama, and unfortunately, for nothing. There is no real action in the movie, except for endless conversations between the characters. The mother is pretty much the main character of the movie, and spends her whole screen-time talking to various other characters.I don't understand how this movie is even in the run for an Oscar. The story idea that sits behind the movie could have created an amazing movie, packed with smart dialogs and action. However, all the movie offers for it's viewers are endless dialogs. Endless.A disappointment. Don't watch it. Just my 2 cents.

catalinignat Do you know these films where everything - acting, shooting, story telling, directing - works together to emerge into a clear message? This is such a film.Reading bad reviews upfront, was afraid about getting bored from being too long, or dizzy from excessive use of hand held camera. Happy to report none of them apply. Instead, last frame was finding me quite surprised about how fast it was finished.This film reminds me very much of "A separation" of Farhadi. They touched me in the same way, although the stories were different. That is because both stories are just recipients for emotions.And in the end, this movie is full of emotions, human, universal, atemporal emotions. And that is what makes this film great.