Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

dissident320 It's set in the 60s and it definitely has that look of movies from that era. It's very-well shot and the locations throughout Greece and Turkey are gorgeous.The performances from the main cast are pretty good too. Ocsar Isaac, Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst all do a fine job. I've seen them in better films doing stronger work but they carry this story smoothly. It feels like a classic movie that my parents would probably like more than me. The story is not breakneck speed but feels concise at 90 minutes.By the end I found myself enjoying everything but aware I was not going to be engrossed or surprised by it. I probably won't remember much about it a month from now but the director did an above average job for his debut film.

movies-by-db I love these period set films, especially thrillers. The lack of helicopters, fast cars, smart-phones and other technology makes everything so much more interesting. A time in which it was still possible to "almost" get away with certain things, and a time where one could still look at and enjoy things instead of clicking, uploading and face-booking useless sh*t a.s.a.p.This is the pace this film takes and it's a joy to experience and look at. Beautiful cinematography, great set- and costume detail and exciting Hitchcokian story development.The lead actors are all three great to watch and since we are abroad they get all the attention, there is no room for other characters. I liked that very much, because that's the way you would feel ( particularly back then) when you don't speak the language. You're kind of closed of from the world as is this trio.In a time where car chases, jump-cuts and explosions rule the screen it's a breath of fresh air and a sigh of relief to see this type of film still being made. 7/10

ken558 Tonnes of folks seem to infer "Hitchcock" for this move. This movie is way too shallow for such an exaltation. To me I would be very happy if it met the farcical fun of Poirot, but even that it did not meet.What started out with a promise of good old-fashioned thriller/mystery (a la Poirot), soon gave way to a lazy insipid plot that doesn't work. Good acting by the three principals coupled with the old charms of Greece (and some of Istanbul) could not salvage this movie beyond nonsensical couldn't-be-bothered eye- candy.Too many things do not make plausible sense. Motivations, decisions and actions of the main characters are a mishmash of 'huh?'. If it could not deliver a smart thriller/mystery, then it't could have worked if it had stuck to a dramatic premise which all three key actors would have the capacity to deliver, and focused on the human strains of having to run from the law, and avoid the trite pretense of who-out-smarts-who.What a shame … could have been pretty good.

LeonLouisRicci Acknowledged Screenwriter Amini's Directorial Debut is a stunning Old School Thriller that embraces its Retro Roots. A Slow Burning Suspense and Film-Noir's fatal fall from the Everyday, to the extraordinary webbed World of Crooks, Scams, and Con-Artists. Of course Money and Dames are at the Center of all of this, as it should be.It's Set in 1962 and the Tone is something of a Bygone Era without Flash and Hyperkinetic Hoopla. The Characters and Their Deceit and Desires are at the Forefront and its a Tangled Triangle of Wrong Turns and Wrong Doings.The Three Stars Shine as does the Grecian Locales and it is a Pretty Picture with the inner workings of Human Fallibilities. The Weakest Element in an otherwise Very Good Film may be the Unfulfilled Realization of the Extramarital Affair. It is sort of Off Screen and might be the Film's biggest Mystery.Overall, this is a Throwback and throws its Punches Effectively and Below the Belt. It's the Style of Filmmaking that Hitchcock is well Known and as an Homage it works beautifully. May be too Calculated and Slow going for Moderns with a Taste for Tastelessness, but that is Their Loss.