I began this movie.. Having no idea what it was going to be like. NO IDEA. I read the summary.. thought it sounded.. amusing, and said to myself, "I think I'll check it out and I can go watch something else if I don't like it." And so I started it.. I am sooo glad, I chose this movie, so glad.
This movie is so weirdly likable.. and I think it really is to be watched by those who are able to understand the subtleties of little things. I kinda of fell in love with this movie even though I really.. REALLY don't understand it. I started watching it and.. It's one of those movies that's just a what-the-fuck movie. You occasionally come across one of those and this is definitely a what-the-fuck kind of movie. You really don't understand what it is you're seeing but you keep watching and you are enjoying it, weirdly enough.
The lack of dialogue, the music, the slowness.. it's like some sort of foreign dance. You aren't really used to it and so you don't think it's "good" but you still enjoy it BECAUSE of it's foreignness and because of it's beauty and difference. It's difference is what makes it enjoyably.
To be able to watch and fully enjoy and understand it, I think you're going to have to be someone who can be very open-minded and also not easily get emotional. It's a very emotional movie but in so much subtlety. Subtlety is truly the other title for this movie. it touches on everything, but the touch is so light, I feel like a lot will go unnoticed and just go in one ear and out the other to those who are unable to see this movie as an art piece.
There is little-to-no dialogue in this movie but it makes for a rather melodramatic, dark plot that kind of worms it's way into your brain and sits there waiting for a reaction. I get the feeling, while watching this dark movie, that it's one of those painful and artistic movies where subtlety is everything and you really have to listen and look to understand what's happening. It's almost messed up and twisted but it's not. A purely innocent love story that leads the characters to a sort of new love and family warmth that they have (or so the story forgets to tell us) never had or have been able to receive.
This movie touches a lot on the lack of a normal, easy life these two have. It touches on domestic violence and what it does to woman both during and after they've gone through the abuse. It touches mental illness and on homelessness and.. in a way.. life "on the run."
Love, misunderstanding, intelligence, trickery, mental health, physical disability, although this movie portrays all of these things.. I feel like they do it in a way that's very difficult to understand yet so easy to pick up on once you really take a look at it.
If you can understand the pain and beauty people go through in life and see how the humans react to different types of treatment, I feel like you'll very much enjoy this movie.. very much.
It's definitely worth your time so go and watch at least 20 minutes of it before you drop it. I promise you wont be disappointed if you didn't run away after reading the summary.
"It's hard to tell that the world we live in is either a reality or a dream."
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