KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

tstromsn Everything than can go wrong in a human's life happens in this movie. To the point it starts to feel a bit stupid. Also some scenes drags out too much to the point you ask if it was necessary to have them there. Also some very weird character choices that makes you wonder. But it had very good acting and interesting story and characters. So I would recommend watching it.

turtlebuster In Russian style, the story challenges constructs of modern society. In this case, social contract theory is under attack showing how governments can easily become a vehicle of corruption, thereby destroying more liberty than it serves to protect. Along the way, the story provides stunning backdrop of Russian landscapes and a positively warming depiction of Russian culture and it's people. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

Sankari_Suomi Relentlessly grim drama about the catastrophic collapse of Russian society under Vladimir Putin's Soviet style dictatorship.Aleksey Serebryakov stars as Nikolay, a violent, poorly educated alcoholic peasant (symbolising the Russian people) whose filthy, rundown coastal property is under threat of compulsory acquisition by the corrupt mayor (symbolising Putin). As the crisis deepens, Nikolay's family collapses and his friends begin to suspect him of criminal activity. If you can put up with almost 2 hours of miserable East Slavic muzhiks lurching around Teriberka and grunting at each other in their primitive dialect while they drink themselves into an early grave and occasionally indulge in a burst of domestic violence, this could be the movie for you.I rate Левиафан at 24.97 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a refreshingly competent 7.5/10 on IMDb.

djcoax1976 Leviathan is a retelling of the book of Job from the Bible, where a small and simple man is fiercely tested by his God. The story brings us to a small fishing village in Russia, where Kolya , a simple and hardworking man lives with his son Roma and his new wife Lilya. It's clear from the beginning that this is not a harmonious family as Roma is rebelling against his father and stepmother Lilya especially and not willing to accept her. The local town , symbolized by a terribly corrupt mayor wants to evict Kolya and his family from their house in order to demolish it. Kolya hires his best friend Dima , a lawyer from Moscow to fight the eviction in court. The Leviathan from the title points to the immense corruption that pervades Russian society. In that way this is some kind of wonder that the Russian Ministry of Culture have approved this film. The rights of the small man don't mean anything at all, as the mayor points out in some drunken vodka-infused rant : they're all insects, put on the earth to be trampled. He feels above the law, when he shows up completely drunk , accompanied by some bodyguards to personally threaten Kolya and his family.By the way, the main characters all seem to self-medicate heavily with bottle upon bottle of vodka , in order to escape the reality of what is happening to them.The movie is about the interpersonal relationships between the main characters , father and son, husband and wife, Kolya and Dima, .. all playing out against the backdrop of utter and unstoppable corruption. So pervasive and evil that it almost becomes farcical. This movie is extremely powerful, there are some images in there that will be burnt into your retina's for years to come. Some landscapes are especially haunting. I truly loved it, and wasn't expecting the gut punch it gave me at times. Highly Recommended.