The film has a great, very powerful idea (although it will be more accurate to say, this is the idea of the book on which it was shot), but a weak implementation. Weak - not at all, but correlated with this story. Chaotic episodes, their sharpness, some kaleidoscopic, sometimes even superficiality, sometimes artificiality, due to the
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The film has a great, very powerful idea (although it will be more accurate to say, this is the idea of the book on which it was shot), but a weak implementation. Weak - not at all, but correlated with this story. Chaotic episodes, their sharpness, some kaleidoscopic, sometimes even superficiality, sometimes artificiality, due to the same chaoticness and sharpness ... There were several strong moments for me personally: the scene of a veteran’s suicide, the scene where a young Lomax takes off his glasses before being tortured, the scene where Nagase leads tourers around the former camp as a guide. But there were not enough impressive, which for sure could be made even more poignant, penetrating, sharper. The cast is strong, but I can’t say that the game is amazing to the core. But, yes, Nicole Kidman can reincarnate! And he can stop being a well-groomed diva, turning into an ordinary exhausted, battered woman, who is full of people on the streets. Colin Firth was praised here, but I'll praise her: the old Lomax was too cold. 7 out of 10
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