Review of Jonathan

Jonathan (2018)
3/10
Fascinating idea executed in the worst way.
26 November 2018
Warning: Spoilers
First of all, this is one of the movies that their trailers are much better than the real movies. You will be excited to watch the life of that young man who has two lives, the idea itself is catchy, the cinematography in the trailer look futuristic, but the real disappointment is while watching the movie.

Starting from the story, it's very simple, has a very weak plot, and it's really flat.

Imagine how exciting to make a movie about a guy with two personalities and how much ideas can pop up while writing about this idea, but nothing happened here, I guess the writers were not excited as we were.

Then the acting which is the weakest here, everyone has a rigid face with least reactions possible. It can be understood due to the nature of the movie, but with that case they could do much better acting.

And what makes the scenario worse,which is also rigid and pointless, is their performance while talking to each other. Why are they talking so slowly like that ?

There are some old and new ideas about two personalities movies that were executed here, like the different hair cut,clothes and interests for each personality. But the best one was the blackout moments that appeared as black cuts in the screen.

The directing and cinematography are the best in the movie,watching the lives of both of them from the perspective of one only is great. The use of simple technology and the neutral colors in the clothes' and walls' colors give the movie a unique nature.

The make up of trauma is one of the silliest ever seen in awhile.

Finally, it's below the average drama movie, that runs in a very slow boring rhythm, and what makes it worse that is has kinda open and deep end which may not be liked by everyone.
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