Ms. Jolie strikes all the right notes

Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2016)

I fail to understand why so many have chosen to give this movie a bad review and mix their negative opinions of this movie with their personal opinion of Ms. Jolie as an actress. The movie succeeds in showing us what Mr. Zamperini went through. No exaggerations, no gratuitous action scenes, no unnecessary side plots. Ms. Jolie knows how to best present human emotions, her actors do not waste time with melodramatic antics. I found myself drawn into the unfolding of a story of suffering and endurance, a story written by real life. Some deplore the fact that the cast was "too pretty" and the colours "too drab". Everybody is an expert in hindsight. Ms. Jolie has given us a movie where the details all fit. I definitely recommend watching. Perhaps adding some research into Louis Zamperini's life and what became of some of his fellow POWs.