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Best Movies of 2021 (38 movies items)

" 2021 Director: Kevin Macdonald His 20th movie My 6th movie watched from the director Yet another example of an 'unknown' story about modern issues where the US is kind of evil and fucked up. Very nicely acted by Rahim and most of the cast. Added to Lists: Top Ten Films - Kevin Macdonald Top Ten Performances - Jodie Foster Top Ten Performances - Tahar Rahim Top Ten Performances - Benedict Cumberbatch When the USA is on the Wrong Side of History __________ Location: Washington DC; Guanta"

Anautix' Movie Diary 2021 (153 movies items)

"20.11.2021 my rating: 7,5"

Watched in 2021: Movies (152 movies items)

" 2021 Director: Kevin Macdonald His 20th movie My 6th movie watched from the director Yet another example of an 'unknown' story about modern issues where the US is kind of evil and fucked up. Very nicely acted by Rahim and most of the cast. Added to Lists: Top Ten Films - Kevin Macdonald Top Ten Performances - Jodie Foster Top Ten Performances - Tahar Rahim Top Ten Performances - Benedict Cumberbatch When the USA is on the Wrong Side of History __________ Location: Washington DC; Guanta"

2021 Movie Diary (45 movies items)

"October 02, 2021"

A very good movie

“Since this movie had a pretty good rating on IMDb and since there was a solid cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I’m rather surprised that this movie has mostly received some poor reviews (only 53 Metascore) since I really enjoyed the damned thing. First of all, I have to admit that I had never heard of Mohamedou Ould Slahi before but it probably allowed me to enjoy more this movie. Indeed, this lack of knowledge did allow me to appreciate the approach they chose by not showing right away if Mohamedou might be guilty or not as it remained rather ambiguous, at least, during the 1st half. Eventually, just like the defence and the prosecution, we slowly discover that Mohamedou might not only be innocent but that the US army actually never heard had any proo” read more

Top 10 best movies 2021 (20 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, I’m rather surprised that this movie has mostly received some poor reviews (only 53 Metascore) since I really enjoyed the damned thing. First of all, I have to admit that I had never heard of Mohamedou Ould Slahi before but it probably allowed me to enjoy more this movie. Indeed, this lack of knowledge did allow me to appreciate the approach they chose by not showing right away if Mohamedou might be guilty or not as it remained rather ambiguous, at least, during the 1st "