Second-Hand (2005) User Reviews

Acceptable

[daniel-porumbel · 7/10 · 30 October 2005]

It is a story of a girl being raped by an influent person. This is not the best Romanian movie ever, but it has some good parts. The whole story is very credible, and many dialogs look very realistic. The bad guy (Mihai Calin) has many hesitations inside, but outside, when he acts in the real life, he looks like a very confident person. The victim, Alexandra Dinu, cannot denounce the whole business to police because she cannot dishonor her family. She is dealing with a very hard situation and, indeed, there is nobody to give her an effective help. Even if she did not act like a very professional actress, I think it was a good start. The general atmosphere of their entourage is also pretty-well sketched, and, if you like Romanian movies a little, you could try this one in you spare time.

Not worth watching...

[Shady666 · 1/10 · 29 June 2005]

I wonder who could like this movie. It's supposed to be psychological, but it fails by using useless sex scenes and coarse language that spoil the mood. It tries to shock, but it fails. I have to admit that the photography looks good, but it doesn't make up for a bad, bad script with awful characters. Mihai Calin played the bad guy to the bone, but the character itself was set to be so bad, that it looks fake. Alexandra Dinu looks good, but she has a long way to go before becoming an actress. The promotion for this movie was well made, with all the commercials and the poster that looks great. Don't be fooled by that. This is just a bad movie that wants to sell by any means. I consider watching this movie a waste of time!

nice

[livia_lovemetal · 9/10 · 9 June 2006]

could have been better.... but it's interesting.... i think the end is unclear... should have been more specific... Alexandra plays well in the end... the sex scenes are not that cruel.... the director is at a good beginning.. although the story was not told as is should be you have to stay and think what it happened. in deed it's a nice movie that deserves to be seen, especially if you like psychological movies or teen movies, because it shows real life and you can find yourself in the girl's situation.i think it's an educative movie but the end it's not that clear so that the teens could understand what could happened to them if they get involved in such situation.anyway, there are lots of interpretations of how the movie ends.