Review of Sidewalls

Sidewalls (2011)
8/10
Sidewalls
8 June 2016
Warning: Spoilers
The Argentinian movie "Sidewalls", also called medianeras, is definitely not your usual prime time Hollywood blockbuster. Personally I enjoyed watching it but it is one of these movies where you have to be awake and use your brain to understand it and take some kind of entertainment, which is different to a brainless action/explosion movie.From my point of view, the actors do an outstanding role expressing emotions and feelings about living in such small space in one of the biggest cities in the world. One very important and impressive shot in "sidewalls" is Maria looking out of her window and the window painting frames her in a perfect way. This shot really stood out to me and was my favorite cinematic element of the movie. The story itself is, in my opinion, only average and clearly not for commercial entertainment but it can really provide a big message. The interesting views the movie provides are on one hand the monotony of life and on the other hand how some life paths meet and cross each other from time to time. Both characters are not necessarily happy with their lives in the beginning but over the course of the movie both protagonist grow on their problems and make different pushes to not be stuck in the same boring and unsatisfying reality. Maria trashing her figures is a significant point in the movie. Also I would like to mention the interesting narration over area shots of buenos Aries, which really help to underline the feeling of living in such a major city. The narrative shows how lonely you can become living surrounded by so many different people everyday, because they just live beside you and actually have no association or relation with you. All in all I think the movie sums up the process of pursuing your dreams and making a push to accomplish a certain level of happiness in life.
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