Beautiful Lies

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2007)

This is one of the best films I have seen in quite some time. I laughed (a lot) and I cried, sometimes simultaneously. It takes a well-crafted film to pull that off. The characters had depth and complexity, and they are the heart and driving force of the story; the war serves as a central concern of the characters, but this is not a typical war-driven movie. I was particularly interested in the way that no matter how surreal or incredible the plot became, it never lost any of its believability. I love surreal movies, like Delicatessen or Tuvalu. This one definitely won my heart over as well. It is a must-see for any cinema lover. The character Natalija tells her lover Marko several times that he "lies beautifully." This film does the same.