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My Brother Tom (2001)
Fantastic!
I really loved this film! I was watching it from about 12:40 midnight and I was falling asleep, but i had to watch it to the end. It highlights really well the reasons why some people seem crazy and shows how we should look for reasons rather than just scorn or punish people. Raw, but tender passionate, painful, blissful. It had all of these and really captured the mental instability of both characters through brilliant filming.
The acting was superb. Ben Whislaw was excellent as Tom, really getting underneath the skin of the character, and Jenna Harrison also gave an excellent debut performance, making the story so real and so passionate. Well done!
My Brother Tom (2001)
Fantastic!
I really loved this film! I was watching it from about 12:40 midnight and I was falling asleep, but i had to watch it to the end. It highlights really well the reasons why some people seem crazy and shows how we should look for reasons rather than just scorn or punish people. Raw, but tender passionate, painful, blissful. It had all of these and really captured the mental instability of both characters through brilliant filming.
The acting was superb. Ben Whislaw was excellent as Tom, really getting underneath the skin of the character, and Jenna Harrison also gave an excellent debut performance, making the story so real and so passionate. Well done!
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
FANTASTIC!
This film was simply fantastic. I have to say that the gentleman/lady who branded the film the worst film ever must surely have seen a different film! Although I will agree that the background to the plot in relation to Col. Behrani's working as a labourer for 25 years is unrealistic. Behrani doesn't look Iranian? What are you expecting? The Ayatollah? I bet you think of Iranians as looking the same as Iraqis or Palestinians? He captured the Iranian character very well, although his accent was slightly more Arabic than Farsi. The end seemed patchy, and perhaps could have been wound up quicker, but the tragedy was overpowering. Few in the room watching it with me had a dry eye. If the film depressed you then it has worked. It is even more tragic that the true stories of the Iranian Revolution and it's victims are even more heartbreaking.