Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

nikhilmanahs I have seen this movie 3 times and every time it hits me hard. The simplicity of the story and authenticity of the characters is what draws you towards it. The cinematography is par excellence and every scene can be a melancholic painting. It's a story about discovering your difficult past, fighting it out and then trying to be at peace with it. Ida & Wanda both central characters handle their uncomfortable pasts differently. Wanda tries to overcome the terrible past by cigarettes, alcohol and sex but isn't able to, and eventually gives up. Ida being more religious(raised as a nun) tries the religious path to overcome these difficulties. But, somehow she gets swayed towards the same path as Wanda and tries it. But just after a day or two realises that , that path isn't for her. Her path had already been decided when she inadvertently started her life in a convent. Normal family life isn't for her, as she has already chosen god or god has chosen her. Last scene of the movie portrays strong determination in her face, and makes us believe that Ida has understood who she is, and will lead a happy life in the Convent. I sincerely hope she does.

Nigel P I believe they call this kind of film 'world building.' It's an apt description of the results of a talented production team using budget and effects to sustain a convincing environment in which you can immerse yourself. In my view, such is the potency of projects like this, actors are there primarily to compliment this imagined civilisation. In 1982, the original 'Blade Runner' achieved this perverse enigma very convincingly. Here all these years later, is the sequel.There was some mild controversy concerning original composer Vangelis not being assigned to provide a soundtrack for this, but Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer's score is impossible to fault. Vast, weird, laced with industrial swirls and chunky klaxons. Denis Villeneuve's direction is vast and eccentric, exactly as it should be, and the myriad of art directors ensure that the society, the interiors, the streets, even the habitat of Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford of course: grizzled, isolated, but still very much the same character we knew 35 years ago) is as impressive and spacious as it could be, an arena so absorptive and convincing, you can completely drink it in. My problem is, at 2 hrs 44 minutes, I really felt the need for a change of flavour after a while.It's impossible to be impressed at wonderful representations of an intricately carved tale for that length of time with no change of tone throughout, no levity, no particular sense of strident drama and only an irregular threat (Sylvia Hoek's splendid Luv). We have K (Ryan Gosling) and his girlfriend Joi (Ana de Armas, who, as a perfectly pouting, characterless hologram, is very good) and the very slow story of Deckard's 'improbable' child Rachael, and the long trek to locate her. It is good, but thinly stretched over such huge running time. Wrapping it in the beauty of almost overwhelming effects and atmosphere is an impressive compensation, however.

Clifton Johnson One of the most beautifully shot films you will ever see. Sparse dialog and quiet intensity...it haunts you even after the story stops. Sometimes simplicity is a good thing.

meeza I don't know if the Polish foreign flick "Ida" deserved the Best Foreign Film Oscar last year, but Ida tell you that it was a moderate piece. Director Pawel Pawlikowski's movie stars Agata Trzebuchowska as Anna, a young nun who resides in a Polish covenant. Through circumstance, Anna finds out that her real name is Ida, that she is Jewish, and that her parents were killed in the war. Anna/Ida goes on a quest to find where her parents are buried, and she meets her reckless aunt Wanda, brilliantly played by Agata Kulesza. Both Ida and Wanda try to find some answers on what really happened to Ida's parents, and then... Ida not tell you some more, cause Ida know how angry one gets when they reveal movie spoilers. Anyways, Pawilkowski did not wowski me with his direction of the picture, but enough to moderately recommend it; if for no better reason, Kulesza's performance and the film's stunning cinematography. Maybe Ida see this movie again to capture more of it, but Ida tell you that it's not near the top of the best foreign films I have ever seen. I'm Ida here! *** Average