This movie is hugely overrated, probably due to his "different" nature. I'm not saying it's utterly bad or I don't save anything from it, but let's put things in perspective here.
The story is just too stupid. I mean, one of the most moronic screenplays EVER. No suspension of disbelief can possibly mitigate this continuous flow of unbelievable nonsense, so unrealistic I wonder if the filmmakers were assuming the audience is stupid as f**k. I was literally thrown out of the movie every 2 minutes. Goddamn. No sane girl would do even one tenth of the things the main character did with/for 4 complete strangers in a foreign country. And I'm not talking about the second half of the movie, I'm talking about EVERYTHING, since the very beginning. I mean, right away she sees them attempting to steal a car, for f**k's sake!. But I don't want to go down to details: it would be a list of stupid things too long and too painful to compile.
The single long take, done like this, is totally an end by itself and serves absolutely no artistic or narrative purposes. All this effort is not worth, Not a tiny bit. But on the other hand, I think very few people would talk about this movie if the "oner" wasn't there. Aaaaaaand, Pro Tip: as a general rule, a long take is not so awesome when timing and actors' blocking are literally terrible, almost nonexistent. A proper long take IS NOT just rolling the camera for 2 hours and 18 minutes with actors improvising and mediocre framing. It is much, much more.
This is a movie very far from the usual Hollywood clichés and blah blah blah, that's right, I agree! But that's doesn't automatically make it a good movie or even a "gem". It's too bad because in some aspects it somehow manages to be decent and has a nice vibe, but the silliness is just too much to bear. The film has too many flaws and is ridden with countless moronic design & screenplay choices to be saved.
The story is just too stupid. I mean, one of the most moronic screenplays EVER. No suspension of disbelief can possibly mitigate this continuous flow of unbelievable nonsense, so unrealistic I wonder if the filmmakers were assuming the audience is stupid as f**k. I was literally thrown out of the movie every 2 minutes. Goddamn. No sane girl would do even one tenth of the things the main character did with/for 4 complete strangers in a foreign country. And I'm not talking about the second half of the movie, I'm talking about EVERYTHING, since the very beginning. I mean, right away she sees them attempting to steal a car, for f**k's sake!. But I don't want to go down to details: it would be a list of stupid things too long and too painful to compile.
The single long take, done like this, is totally an end by itself and serves absolutely no artistic or narrative purposes. All this effort is not worth, Not a tiny bit. But on the other hand, I think very few people would talk about this movie if the "oner" wasn't there. Aaaaaaand, Pro Tip: as a general rule, a long take is not so awesome when timing and actors' blocking are literally terrible, almost nonexistent. A proper long take IS NOT just rolling the camera for 2 hours and 18 minutes with actors improvising and mediocre framing. It is much, much more.
This is a movie very far from the usual Hollywood clichés and blah blah blah, that's right, I agree! But that's doesn't automatically make it a good movie or even a "gem". It's too bad because in some aspects it somehow manages to be decent and has a nice vibe, but the silliness is just too much to bear. The film has too many flaws and is ridden with countless moronic design & screenplay choices to be saved.