A good film once you got into it

Rating: 7/10 (17 May 2010)

It was one of those films where the directors, producers and everyone involved had to make a choice of how the actors would speak. Now I'm very open minded when it comes to these choices as you want the audience to be able to relate well to the actors in question whilst at the same time, you want them to really re-live the situation the people in question were in.
Because of this, I found this film very difficult to get into. After the first 20 minutes, I was just beginning to come to grips with the accent but it didn't help that it seemed that all the actors were speaking extremely quickly and quietly. Maybe this is just my own personal opinion but it seemed that you had to seriously concentrate on the speech which, I found, seriously halted my ability to hold onto the plot.
The message is inspiring and the fact that this film is based on a true story is remarkable but only after you get to grips with what the actors are actually saying. Because of that it's only 7 stars from me.