SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Kirpianuscus one of the film who reminds the falling leaves. or the rain of the evening. beautiful. seductive. and so fragile. its basic virtue - the open manner to explore different aspects/themes of the Turkish society. the basic sin - absence of courage to go inside each of them. the director has need of a love story. and nothing more. he suggest. but ignore the opportunity to examine. a meet. and a passion. like in many others Turkish contemporary movies. it is one of the delightful stories who seduce, impress and reminds the force of love who ignores frontiers. but nothing new in this. and this does, after the end of credits, to preserve only the flavors of a spring morning.

sarp-sozdinler I guess I have to express that I've been long waiting for this movie to come out with sole excitement but all I've been feeling since the end movie is soler disappointment.The movie shows what a debut-movie maker should and shouldn't do (and he gets caught in traps almost all the debut-making movie makers have been falling in). This had to be a great movie. This had to be great because you got all the elements one need to make a splendid movie. You could dig further and further and explore what religion really is in its very core, its dilemma (both on society and person), the goods and bads of both religions and how they look at each other at what points and struggle the girl and man throughout all these complications.But this movie offers non of these.What this movie offers is unnecessary jokes in unnecessary scenes, a shallow love story and nothing deep. There isn't even any psychoanalytical resolutions both in the process and in the end! Besides all this, it isn't even making you feel the way the name of the movie expresses. You don't feel that "distance" it had to be between characters and situations.

elsinefilo Uzak Ihtimal (literally "long shot" or rather "remote possibility") is one of those simple and pure stories of love that have never been professed. Musa (Nadir Saribacak)is a muezzin who has been newly-assigned to a mosque in Galata,Istanbul. Clara (Görkem Yeltan),who happens to be living next door,is a Christian woman doing some voluntary work in a church near the mosque.Yakup(Ersan Uysal),who later turns out to be the biological father of Clara,has a used bookstore where he tries to deals with rare books on demand. Musa helps him when he is not working in the mosque. The more often Musa meets Clara the more affection and even love he starts to have for Clara.Clara, the reserved and reticent girl does not seem to show any open feelings for him though the viewers actually notice there is something in there. For a debut,Uzak İhtimal is a great achievement. Mahmut Fazil Coskun gives a purely humanitarian message by juxtaposing the pent-up emotions of a Muslim man and a Christian woman,especially in a world where we need more dialog between religions. But you need more than that to create a whole different movie. The script of the movie reminded me of the stereotypical Turkish movies of 70s.Back then, they always used to use this context where a father was trying to find his kid. When the used bookstore owner turned out to be the father of Clara I felt like the whole movie lost its spontaneity,originality and even its individuality.Moreover,I think the acting could have been better on the muezzin's part. Movies like this in which you treat "a religion" or a religious symbol like a mosque or church are a good chance to mobilize or shift public opinion. It's like canvassing the whole public opinion. As a Muslim,I would say Nadir Saribacak can't really fit the role of a muezzin. His voice is not mellifluous enough, the way he recites the Koranic chapters or supplications does not really sound awe-inspiring and the tone is so matter-of-fact. All I am saying Istanbul is at the heart of Islam and Islam should not sounded so local. With a better acting and a more original screenplay this could have been a perfect movie but it's still worth your time as a debut.

corrosion-2 Uzak Ihtimal (Wrong Rosary) is an accomplished debut for director Mahmut Fazil Coskun. It tells a simple story of Musa, a young Muslim muezzin (prayer caller) in a mosque falling in love with his neighbor Clara, a Christian girl doing voluntary work in a church. Musa's natural shyness, coupled with the invisible barriers due to their different religions, prevent Musa from expressing his true feelings to Clara.This simple story is delicately handled by Coskun and the script has enough twists and turns to keep the viewers attention throughout the film. Performances are fine and the camera work is another plus. Overall an assured and promising directional debut.