Maybe I Need A Second Viewing?

Rating: 6/10 (27 May 2010)

I love John Malkovich and Julian Sands. And I find Cambodia and Pol Pot interesting... but this film just didn't really hold my interest. Some parts are good, others are slow... I don't know. I know this film is praised, and I do not doubt the value of it... I just couldn't find it. Maybe I was distracted, maybe I was in the wrong frame of mind. I don't know. Someday I will see it again and give a better appraisal. But for now, this is it... just a sense of uncertainty. I can't think of any other films about Cambodia (although this was filmed in Thailand), so it's safe to say it's the best of its kind. Actually, come to think of it, with the endless supply of Nazi films, why aren't there more Cambodian or Pol Pot or Khmer Rouge films?