“This movie kinda reminded me of my father, or at least his image of himself. I guess that’s why I watched it. Here you have the Unambiguously Heroic Hero, who’s loving and tough, and the joker brothers, who are vicious and weak, you know. (I guess there’s also a girl! Gotta prove you’re stra” read more
“There are obviously reasons not to like this movie: woman director (wrong gender); portrayal of gender in war (not romantic or boys’ club-y); both its ambiguity and its moral stance (normally we try to go for one or the other—or better yet, neither!); its portrayal of a lesser known region (you ” read more
“N.B. I’m not sure, of course, exactly what I’d think of this movie if I saw it again, but I’ve very conservatively downgraded it based on how I’ve reacted to romantic films I’ve seen more recently and the changes in my point of view. At some point I might remove the review entirely; I’m ” read more