This movie isn't bad nor great. A Swedish friend of mine gave me the movie to watch and it was the 1st Joseph Fares' movie that I've seen .. according to my Swedish friend; he liked the movie but he believes it isn't his best.
While I was watching the movie I felt I'm back to Beirut again which I visited in the summer of 2005 .. and naturally because Joseph has Lebanese roots he is capable of showing it realistically even much more better than most of Arabian movies.
The problem to me is .. that movie isn't clear .. I mean what's the point exactly? .. not that the movie isn't well made or unbalanced .. it is well made and well balanced but sometimes you get the feeling that the movie is just an empty beautiful picture! Because it doesn't go deep enough. Compare "Zozo" to "West Beirut" and maybe you will know what I mean.
Imad Creidi gave a very good performances .. Carmen Lebbos was good .. the rest were also good.
I believe this movie is good .. it has a good message but fails to show the message in the best way.
Joseph Fares did an amazing job especially on cinematography and I think has a good potential to make a few great movies in the future .. I hope I can see other movies for Joseph Fares like "Jalla Jalla!" and "Kopps".
While I was watching the movie I felt I'm back to Beirut again which I visited in the summer of 2005 .. and naturally because Joseph has Lebanese roots he is capable of showing it realistically even much more better than most of Arabian movies.
The problem to me is .. that movie isn't clear .. I mean what's the point exactly? .. not that the movie isn't well made or unbalanced .. it is well made and well balanced but sometimes you get the feeling that the movie is just an empty beautiful picture! Because it doesn't go deep enough. Compare "Zozo" to "West Beirut" and maybe you will know what I mean.
Imad Creidi gave a very good performances .. Carmen Lebbos was good .. the rest were also good.
I believe this movie is good .. it has a good message but fails to show the message in the best way.
Joseph Fares did an amazing job especially on cinematography and I think has a good potential to make a few great movies in the future .. I hope I can see other movies for Joseph Fares like "Jalla Jalla!" and "Kopps".