nasty sh*t happens in those nasty Arab countries

Rating: 1/10 (30 January 2012)

I mean what is this movie about? It starts already with a theatrical mysterious will of the mother setting protagonists and us unfortunate viewers on a quest to uncover the MYSTERY. Of course, the quest into the past of the family brings our heroes to what seems like Lebanon and here the second story line starts telling about the HORRIBLE FAMILY PAST during of course the tragic events of the Lebanese civil war. But the second storyline twists and turns and wherever it goes it is just one boring unbearable scene after another. The massacres, the rape, family violence, hatred between the Muslims and Christians,- all this abounds in the movie but what lacks is actually any attempt to look deep into the conflict, to what caused it. Why did Christians and Muslim communities start the war? Who were the actors, who benefited from it, how did this madness happen? I mean, if you decide to touch upon this particular historical event, which is so traumatic for Lebanon, why not actually try to look at it deep, see the different sides, pick up some real drama/ I am sure any documentary about the war is much more satisfying in showing the psychology and the devious mechanism that drives people to start such atrocious conflicts.
But instead we are treated to the mind boggling i nits perversity family story that is just so ridiculous and grotesque one can't get anything out of it. I mean, it's gore pure and simple, and is created solely for shock value. There are no nuances here, no real dialogs, no complex interplay of emotions. There is an attempt to say war sucks, but we all know it and there has been a gazillion of better movies on that topic. What we want is something original, fresh, subtle, personal.