Disappointed

Rating: 6/10 (6 January 2018)

I deliberately didn't read up on this film before I watched it so I would have no expectations. But it was disappointing, and from reading about it after viewing I can see why.
The story is a mishmash of events that play out, in which characters behaviour is painfully contrived. They create, and are swept up in, events that are implausible and unrealistic. I found it difficult to remain engaged or care about what I was watching as a consequence, and it made the film drag on for too long.
When I subsequently discovered that the characters are supposed to represent mother earth, and god, and biblical notions like Adam and Eve etc, the contrivance at least made sense. But, for the me, the fact that it feels so contrived just highlights how pointless the whole endeavour really is.
They were trying to tell an allegorical tale, I get it. But if your telling has characters being so unreal it's almost at the point of farce, to be allegorical, you really shouldn't haven't bothered.