Alicia
I love this movie so much
Clarissa Mora
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
Derrick Gibbons
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
anahita777
I watched it because Gael Garcia Bernal have never played or directed a movie that I didn't like...First of all, sorry for my English...The problem in this movie is that there is many non sens !A couple that is so close that they don't even need to talk to understand each other... it looks like deep and healthy love ! She seems to be someone simple and easygoing to never complain in a difficult trip like this..I don't get the incident, he'd protected her, and when you don't speak the same language, you can only talk with your eyes, in this situation!So I can't understand her behavior. Instead of taking care of him or even ask question if he is fine, she doesn't care... but when he hurt his leg with a stone, she asks twice if he is fine ! I don't see where is the point ! true lovers don't behave like that... it's like you see another woman suddenly and it could be logical if the incident was different but in this case, it's not understandable for me at all !You just realize that he is always here for her and she is obviously selfish and awful but this is also not understandable, because it's the opposite of her personality at the beginning of the movie !So it's really improbable for me to believe that Gael Garcia Bernal is happy with the result ! As his work is always perfect with deep meaning !
fellini_58701
Watching sloths on the discovery channel would have been more interesting. This movie had intentions of being very deep and thought provoking without the characters actually speaking, however, the characters were not able to develop themselves or their relationship enough through the muteness to keep myself interested. The movie is comprised of long shots of the characters walking through the mountains. I could walk out of the room and come back five minutes later to the same scene of walking. The director is relying on the beauty of the scenery to carry the movie for her. Instead of directing a movie and developing characters, she should have been a photographer. If they cut out about thirty minutes of walking from the movie i might of been able to see the depth the movie was trying achieve.
mmunier
That's right, if we'd been missing, it would have been perfect. It's quite amazing the rave on it caused. Reading the synopsis you'd think you're on for something special, actually you are as what is special about it is, it's specially boring. Unless you fancy watching someone peeing on the ground or walking slowly sooo slowly.... Or SUDDENLY falling into a shallow stream with little consequence! We usually go to movies as 2 or 3 couples, this time it was 3 and so 6 people felt they'd been conned! I forgot to mention the spoiler...for me it was the whole movie. I found it very disappointing although I know there always will be people who see what other can't see; Yes I have visited art galleries enough to know what can be displayed as "art" but leaves you with a certain smile on the corners of your lips. But if you want for free the same experience this film gives you , Just go almost anywhere with a folding chair sit down and spend a few hours taking it all in, I guarantee you it'll amount to something very similar. Perhaps a yellow dog or a weeping camel here or there may have saved this movie.
ronchow
First off, with all the negative comments I have read, I can only draw the conclusion this film is not for everyone. Yes it is slow, repetitive, and often with the camera pointing at a scene, for a long time, in which nothing much is happening. However, the scenery around the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, where the film was shot, is breathtakingly beautiful. So it helps if you are an armchair adventurer, an armchair hiker in particular, who enjoys this kind of scenery.The plot is fairly thin - the relationship between two young people deeply in love, but thrown into question by one simple, disruptive event. Still, it only carries part of the weight for this film. The dialogues are not great either, and I feel much improvement could have been achieved with a better script.Summing it all up, it is worth 2 hours of your time if you are an art-house film fanatic, enjoy outdoor scenery and have the required patience. Otherwise you may want to skip it.
