"Encounters" tells the story of several very different persons who get brought together during an evening of speed dating. Their get-together is followed by a series of events for every one of them that shows, how strangers become familiar and sometimes strangers again.
I really liked the general story of the movie. Speed dating is, of course, a background that makes it easy to connect different characters and bring them into interaction. While I think that most characters were very nicely displayed and created with a lot of sensitivity, some points of the plot remained rather strange to me. The band, for example, or the non-speaking guy somehow break with the realism of the film, maybe to create some comedy or an element of distraction, but for me they didn't work that well. Some of the plot points may be a bit unlikely, but all in all the producers manage to create interesting paths, that at some times cross their way again.
All in all this is a very nice small budget film, that is not perfect, but does a lot of things right. If the general plot interests you, I'm quite sure you won't be disappointed by the film, either.
I really liked the general story of the movie. Speed dating is, of course, a background that makes it easy to connect different characters and bring them into interaction. While I think that most characters were very nicely displayed and created with a lot of sensitivity, some points of the plot remained rather strange to me. The band, for example, or the non-speaking guy somehow break with the realism of the film, maybe to create some comedy or an element of distraction, but for me they didn't work that well. Some of the plot points may be a bit unlikely, but all in all the producers manage to create interesting paths, that at some times cross their way again.
All in all this is a very nice small budget film, that is not perfect, but does a lot of things right. If the general plot interests you, I'm quite sure you won't be disappointed by the film, either.
