A dead, boring film filled with dead, tiresome scenes. Watch Fatih Akin's " Edge of Heaven" instead.

Rating: 4/10 (5 April 2020)

Dennis Villeneuve is a director who's gained acceptance but like Christopher Nolan, there's something about his films , I can't exactly place it , but I know that something is off. They both have made good decent films , but not great ones. ( I consider Tim Burton's first Batman the best Batman movie )
This film has been on my -to watch- list basically since it came out , and I just got to see it today. I've got news for you. Prepare to be bored stiff. I thought , what, is this a joke ? I paused , checked Imdb rating again , checked the random user's review again ( gladly , anything please to distract me from this tedious film). I went back at it , after 40 minutes in with no engagement at all, meaning I didnt care much with what I was watching , debating whether to fast forward or not , I started casually fast forwarding. This should give you a hint.
A bit more specific though..
Bad Editing , many scenes just cut meaninglessly to other scenes depicting same from other angle ( No I'm not an editor , just was so bored that tried to get myself thinking over some aspect of what I'm watching)
Bad screenplay - maybe the story isnt that bad , if you chose another set of scenes and sequences and whole emphasis , basically another whole movie.
Indifferent acting - The kids were just indifferent , the mother's mute way of being , mixed with some mute crying isnt praiseworthy. I may even say the cast was bad , the whole ensemble cast, the brother and sister , no chemistry whatsoever.
Bad Direction - Yes the guy who did Bladerunner 2049 , which wasn't bad , in this film I just don't like the direction as well, clearly.
It's a film very similar in subject matter and topic to Fatih Akin's " Edge of Heaven" , but that film is alive , energetic whereas this film is totally dead , compiled of dead scenes. That's it really , the whole film is dead , at least that's what it did to me , it did nothing , I felt nothing but getting tired and frustrated at how bad this film really is as opposed to the great rating and overall critique. Shockingly boring.