possibly very good, but very boring

Rating: 4/10 (1 September 2007)

Pretty disappointing. Not a thrilling and subtle political thriller, but just an exceedingly long panorama of an uninteresting person's miserable life. Despite excellent acting, I always thought that the scenes looked like artificial studio settings. It always looked like a movie, not like an illusion of real life which movies should try to achieve. The plot might be very intelligent, and it is certainly thought provoking. But perhaps it only looks as if is intelligent. Maybe it is just very confuse and arbitrary and makes you wonder that you just did not get all the details. Possibly the details were just missing. Certainly very boring and instantly forgettable. Although I think it is a very good movie. Just plain boring.