Shocking and well-made

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2011)

Polanski himself has had experiences with this event in history, so I'm just surprised he waited this long to have a film of an account. The film as a whole is intriguing from the start, with characters that I really identified with. The whole film is superbly-made, and the brutality is shocking and effective. I would be lying if I said that there weren't some moments that left me a bit bored, but the ending of the film makes up for a lot of that. Roman Polanski beautifully directs this with his own pace and tone that definitely helps this film. Now, to Adrienn Brody's "infamous' Oscar win... very inspired, but personally I don't think his performance was anything incredible. Instead, it was subtly effective. It wasn't a transformation, but for this type of performance to be rewarded is pretty great, even though I myself don't think he was his that incredible or anything. Overall, this was a powerful and well- acted film.