not pleasant

Rating: 5/10 (27 April 2011)

Do you like films where almost everyone is rotten? Then this one is for you! The film is nicely done from a technical point of view, and does hold your attention. But the narrator and precious few others are sympathetic. Most are weird, horrible or both.
This movie also is preachy. Less than half-way through we took a break, and my wife speculated about which of the many characters were behind the horrible crimes. I informed her that the minister would be responsible. I was right! This is not because the movie gives it away- to the contrary, it is a pretty good whodunit (though very French in the lack of resolution). But movies of this sort are SO predictable- I am SO tired of being informed over and over and over again by the creative community that religion is responsible for the evil in our world.