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"In Consideration - 2015 Best Child Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Direction Best Production Design Best Cinematography Best Writing"
" Notes: To be honest, pretty much everything you get to see in this movie was actually rather predictable but it was still a really powerful tale. I also really appreciated the fact the movie didn’t focus on some white man or white woman, which is very often the case when a movie takes place in Africa (see ‘Blood Diamonds’, ‘Shooting Dogs’, ‘Cry Freedom’, ‘The Last King of Scotland’…). Of course, you might argue that one of the most important character was played by a Britis"
“Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this movie, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, I wasn’t disappointed. I have to admit it, pretty much everything you get to see was actually rather predictable but it was still a really powerful tale. I also really appreciated the fact the movie didn’t focus on some white man or white woman, which is very often the case when a movie takes place in Africa (see ‘Blood Diamonds’, ‘Shooting Dogs’, ‘Cry Freedom’, ‘The Last King of Scotland’…). Of course, you might argue that one of the most important character was played by a British actor but Idris Elba was just really good here so it worked fine for me. While watching this, I wonder how they came up with this story because the amount of details was really imp” read more
" Director & Cinematographer: Cary Fukanaga Other Images "
"First viewing - July 4th I feel like I've seen this all before in other films, so I spent much of the run-time bored with it. Sure, the acting is really damn good, but I failed to deeply connect with the protagonist, which meant everything he went through lacked the emotional punch it's supposed to have. This film should be devastating to the audience for all the hell it puts Agu through, and perhaps for some it is. Maybe I've seen too many movies or I'm jaded or whatever...but if you can't tak"