Best In Show

Rating: 7/10 (24 January 2010)

The White Ribbon was dark, mysterious, labyrinthine, a real puzzle. Doesn't sound a barrel of laughs does it?
Nor was it. But it was a wonderful film. How can this be? My only suggestion is the remarkable balance brought to the screen. An excellent cast deliver a complex story challenging even my enormous brain to fathom out out exactly what's going on. But time and time again I "lost the plot" because I was transfixed by a fabulous shot of – a wall. Or – a field. Or – a road. Seriously. And no mind altering drugs involved.
All my pretensions tell me this was the best film of 2009. I find it hard to argue.
Ron
(Viewed 17Nov09)