A Beautiful Shame

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2014)

This is a film made by an expert director, acted with expert actors, and shot beautifully. The ideas exhibited, for 2006, and even today, are way ahead of their time. The style of shooting and usage of match cuts is really top notch. But the reason that it is a shame is because it was a film that, before and during production had many problems. Mainly with finance. Actors were changed frequently, and it went from a $70 million budget to $35 million. It is very understandable that this could shake up the pace and overall flow of the film. Personally, I enjoyed it, I found it challenging and extremely thought provoking. But I feel that, had it been more fortunate during pre-production and production it could have easily been one of the greatest films of the decade. It is so beautiful, but because it just falls short it makes me so sad. It makes me sad to think what it could have been. Still, anyone who wants to see a movie unlike many others must see this one.