Review of Antares

Antares (2004)
8/10
Interesting modern Austrian film
28 December 2016
Warning: Spoilers
There is comedy and tragedy, and I enjoyed it. There are beautiful women, and the men are true enough to real life. Cynicism is the theme. Coincidence is the necessary gimmick for tying the three soapers. It is a deep portrayal of modern folkways and mores. Because I as an American had to read subtitles, I missed many nuances. Deceit is certainly omnipresent. Human beings are imperfect, because nothing that I know is without a downside.

It's a jungle out here.

Human wrecks and car wrecks aren't rare.

If you are happy, you ought not fool with cynically minded reviewers a la me, but thanks.

It has been an awful 2016, and our new president will soon take power--rots of ruck.

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This film is not happy ever after.

This film isn't consoling nor redemptive.

This film captures some of the absurdity of life, and that's why I like European portrayals of reality.

This film is not warm and fuzzy nor phony, and does deserve the recognition it achieved.

I am sure it bothers folks because it is so harsh.

Unfortunately life is not a fairy tale.

Warning, Hollywood corniness it ain't.

They want ten lines, so I have to be redundant, and such finagling is about our reality too.
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