Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Claire Dunne One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Mathster The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

ma-cortes This is an engaging tale narrated in sensitivity and intelligence and are treated ethic and moral issues developed in great sense of ductility and fairness . Dealing with the story of a family – Harry, Midget and their parents- , as they go into hiding , being based on the notorious novel written by Marcelo Figueras who breaks down his book 'Kamchatka'. It is set in 1976 , Argentina , there happens a coup d'etat led by General Videla and other officers . Thousands of citizens opposed to military regime are chased and kidnapped , as there are numerous missing people . Ten-year-old Harry , who does not know that Argentina's 1976 coup d'état is impacting his life . After witnessing the "disappearance" of dissident friends , a human rights advocate at law (Ricardo Darín) and his research scientist spouse (Cecilia Roth) take their children from school , Harry and his little brother , leave their home and all of them go to a vacant summer house . They flee the city and hide at a far mansion from the military police . With them are their two kids : Harry (Matia Del Pozo) , who is fascinated with the escape artistry of ¨Harry Houdini¨ , ¨Mandrake¨ and TV series as ¨Roy Thinnes' The Invaders¨ (1967) , ¨Simon Templar's The Saint¨ and along with the little guy (Milton De La Canal) , nicknamed El Enano (The actual translation is "dwarf") , they form a close-knit family living at a hidden house . Both of whom finally learn the meaning of the family and help each other . At the countryside mansion , all of them adopt new identities and try to lead a normal life . Subtly hinted , however, and used as a metaphor , is the mother's constant smoking and El Enano's renewed bed-wetting . After that , at the location placed in city outskirts , they are joined by a young student who is using the alias Lucas (Tomás Fonzi) and he really befriends Harry . Their new life is difficult , but a visit with their estranged grandparents : grandmother(Fernanda Mistral) and grandfather (Héctor Alterio) reveals that they are still an intimate family . As a host of characters , completely change the tedious life of Harry .Enticing as well as intelligent film plenty of good feeling , sense , deep sensibility as well as a well written script delving into the human psyche , showing how stressful and precarious situation of a beloved family is . Based on Marcelo Figueras' novel "Kamchatka" - who grew up in Argentina and currently lives in Barcelona- , this is his first to be translated into English concerning about the foursome takes on new identities at the beginning of Argentina's Dirty War in 1976 ; the 309-page book is told from Harry's perspective and takes its title from a key territory in the board game Risk . The film is seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy , being an agreeable , quiet film , perfectly acted and concerning the narration about the relationship between parents and children . This is a brooding yarn in which there is a psychologically intense character studio of the likable members of a peculiar family being harassed , chased , pursued by the military regime . The film attempts to spread optimism about the events of life , in spite of the relentless pursuit they suffer , with its amusing sides and dark areas . Trying to be realistic and make everything as in a fairytale but giving way to mirth and humor . In addition , the film gives us a nice panorama about a middle-class family , its pity , goodness, sacrifice , companionship and various situations happen in its existence . Marcelo Piñeyro tries to mix genres ranging from comedy to melodrama with some sensitive touches . The veteran actors , Ricardo Darin and Cecilia Roth give very good performances . Gentle , sympathetic the little boy played by Matias Del Pozo along with his brother , Milton De La Canal . It is an endearing and intimate film , well directed and well acted by a fine cast , but perhaps fails a little the main protagonist , Harry , whose optimism is as obvious that results to be excessive . Supporting cast is frankly excellent as Tomas Fonzi and aged players as Héctor Alterio and Fernanda Mistral . Colorful cinematography by Alfredo Mayo , considered to be one of the best Spanish cameraman , author of splendid photographs in notorious films such as ¨Mondays in the sun¨, ¨Kika , ¨High heels¨ , "Sex, Party and Lies" , "The Galíndez File" , ¨Heroína¨ and several others . Lively , moving as well as emotive musical score by Bingen Mendizábal . Adding known songs adapted with roots in popular music of the seventies ; recreating the essence of the epoch with vintage songs , accompanying sensual melodies and lyrics such as ¨Son Tus Perfumes Mujer¨, including some memorable images when the family members dance themselves . The motion picture was well directed by Marcelo Pyñeiro and it was Argentina's official submission for the 2002 Oscar Awards, Foreign Language film category . He was born in 1953 in Buenos Aires, Argentina . Marcelo usually works with his fetish actor , Leonardo Sbaraglia . Piñeyro is a director and writer , especially known for ¨Plata Quemada¨ (2000) and , of course , the big hit : ¨El Método¨ or ¨the Method¨ (2005) . Marcelo has directed the following films -being most of them dramas and thrillers- : 2009 ¨La Viudas De Jueves¨ , 2003 ¨Kamchatka¨ , 2000 ¨Plata Quemada¨ or ¨Burst money¨ , 1997 ¨Cenizas del Paraíso¨ , 1995 ¨Caballos Salvajes¨ and 1993 ¨Tango Feroz¨ . Rating : 7/10 .

Qizhen Su The world is not as peace as a lot of people have thought, while people are working or studying in a safe environment, some other people might be "rolling in the deep", like tiny ships tossed on a very dark and deep ocean. The movie I just finished watching, "Kamchatka", is actually a drama revealing about the dictatorship in Argentina in 1970s through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy. The scene was set in Argentina in 1970s when the dictator Jorge Videla came to power. Our narrator is a ten-year-old boy who experienced the influence dictatorship had given on his normal life without knowing, Harry, portrayed by the actor Matías Del Pozo. His father David Vicente, who was once a lawyer, portrayed by Ricardo Darín, His mother, who used to be working in a lab, enacted by Cecilia Roth. And Harry's little brother enacted by Milton De La Canal, mentioned as El Enano in the movie. The story was about how a happy Argentine family got impacted by the coup d'etat and forced to separate. It is a heartbreaking story, especially when it was told in a the-year-old boy's point of view. The issues the family had to face are becoming more and more severe as the movie goes on. First, they disguised, changed their names and moved away. Then at the end, the parent had to leave their kids to the grandparents to insure that the kids are safe. The motif was keep repeating through the boy's mouth that it was the late time he had seen his father. It was also irony, how the parents are trying to be optimistic and telling their children that things will get better, but at the end, the circumstance became even more severe. The actors that portrayed the mother and the father are professionals, but for the children actors that enacted Harry and his brother, they are not professionals. Nevertheless, they still did a great job. They successfully portrayed the roles and made them vivid on screen. Watching the movie, the spectators could see that the actors really did assume themselves as the character and the emotions are deeply buried under their eyes. In some scenes, the audiences will really feel touched, especially when Harry chased their parents' car when they were driving away. Even though he didn't know what has happened, through his parents' expression, he probably figured out that it might be the last time seeing them. What I like about this movie is that all the tiny details were obviously carefully designed to make this movie more realistic. First it's the family's car was shabby, and it looks like it will break apart at any time, then it was the public phones on the sides of the roads. And another thing I like about this movies is sometimes we were actually witnessing in the perspective of Harry, not only the narration which made me feel like that when I was watching, but also the angle and the position of the camera when it was filming. Audiences will feel like they were experiencing what Harry had gone through. Though details made this fictional story seemed real. As for the parts of the movie I don't really like, it that before watching this movie, I did research and read the synopsis. And it made me feel like this movies is going to have a climax, and a huge down flow. Surprisingly, the movie ended with the scene Harry watching his parents driving away in their car. The plot of this movie for me will seem like more completed if the director add a scene at the end Harry and his brother finally got to meet their mother when they grow up. What I learned from this movie is that we need to appreciate what we have now. We could see that the misfortune has befallen fairly fast in this family that one day they were still going to schools and works normally, the other day they need to hide. And though the parents were trying to be optimistic, the kids must had sensed something was not right. The most heartbreaking is that, the parents were trying to keep the kid out of truth that when they have to leave, the kids got more upset about it. It made me think that probably the same thing could happen to us. Though currently we are not experiencing through a political change but it might happen in the future. All things you obtain today can suddenly be taken away from you, but nobody can predict what will happen in the future, what we can to is to make everyday meaningful and unforgettable. I think other people who have watched it will have learned the same thing as me.I think everybody can watch it. Though I do think that probably the elementary students can't understand the theme but Kamchatka is a good movie for middle schoolers and high schoolers. The movie itself doesn't contain any violent scenes, though it's telling a violent story. Kids could understand the reality of the world and what kind of attitude we should have to face future, that we should always be optimistic and looking forward to a better tomorrow.

fabienmoydelacroix "Kamchatka" The movie "Kamchatka" is an Argentinean movie that was made in 2002, but based in 1975. Kamchatka talks about a kid who's name is Harry Vincent (Matias De Pozo) and he and his family have to move away from Buenos Aires to the outer part of Argentina. This causes the family to change and become more united. They face many issues living outside the city. Harry has an obsession with Houdini, the escapist and that relates to him and his family escaping form the government, because in that time it was the Argentinian revolution and form what the movie shows his father was part of the movement that was against Videla the dictator. Harry (Matias del Pozo) is the main character is a young boy that loves the escapists, his brother Simon (Milton De la Canal) is a younger kid, that practically has no idea of what is going. His father David Vincent (Ricardo Darín) is part of the revolution and the military is looking for him, he was a lawyer. His mother Cecilia Roth was a scientist, a job that in those times was not very common for a woman, this shows that they where a modern family and not a typical one. The movie takes place in Buenos Aires and in the Argentinian fields, in a house where they live and in their grandparents house. Hey go through ups and downs and manage to stay away form the government, the two brothers experience something new, and it is to live in a house int he woods because they are accustomed to live in a big city like Buenos Aires, also Harry has to become more mature and take care of the house and his fathers when their parents go to the city. The mayor plot twist is when they get to the house where they are hiding and find all of their things torn down, the military had gotten to their house and was looking for them and that causes a lot of tension in the movie.the actor/actress that did the best job in the movie was the mother (Cecilia Roth), she plays this character that is a representation of the world changing because she is a scientist and also the way that she shows her emotions and her faces attach very well to the movie and the situation they are going through. Also Matias del Pozo did a very good job, because he is just a kid and his acting was very hard and he did it very well because his character was the main one and some scenes where excellent, most of the movie had excellent acting in behalf of all the actors, very professional work and acting took place in this movie.The best part of the movie of the movie was when they had to run away from their hiding place because it shows a lot of tension. And it is the best representation of how the people lived when they where chased by the government. Also they pass through very harsh times because they have to sleep in the park and they are not sure of what sort of mess is waiting for them at home.This movie leaves a very important lesson, and that is family union, they united as a family and left nobody behind them, but also they had issues with the grandparents and that limited the father to express himself, when it comes to times like those ones, the only thing you got is your family support and that is the most important thing in life. They survived because they helped each other overcome through their situation. The movie is recommended to adults who ha e a background information on the Argentinian revolution, because then they would have a better understanding of the film and get to appreciate more each scene. Kinds can also watch it, but it would be hard for them to understand what is going on. Also this movie helps that history would not repeat, because many people went disappeared in those times and still now days there are still people who think like Videla. Fabien Moy De Lacroix is a student form Costa Rica. He goes to Lincoln School and he is 15 years old, he has been part of the Film Appreciation class for more than 2 months.

firestormdaxus This film is delightful and one which will leave you enchanted. I cannot understand some of the comments that say the reason why the family is on the run is never explained - it is! The father is described as a lawyer whose speciality is working with people who have been accused of political crimes. When his partner is arrested and goes missing- he knows that time is running short for him under the new military regime after the coup and decides to take his family underground to escape the same fate. Outstanding performances all round - Darin and Roth are electric - and it is so nice to see a film that portrays a strong husband/wife bond rather than a dysfunctional one. The child actors are impressive without displaying that smug awareness ("look at me, aren't I clever") that spoils many a performance by an American child. Touching and poignant, a must see that just emphasises the strength now coming through from Argentinian cinema.