pieterds1 Reviews

I am Chance (2022)

Must see!

[10/10 · 23 December 2023]

Awesome authentic documentary, as if you're walking along through the slums of Kinshasa with these street girls.

Very raw and unadulterated, lots of poverty and misery - with some shocking scenes- but still a sprightly, positive vibe radiates from this film.

Also praise the cameraman! Clever how they managed to -almost imperceptibly- get so close to the girls' skin. The girls remain their spontaneous selves and do what they do - smoking weed, stealing, fighting, joking around- as if the camera is not there.

The soundtrack also swings with delicious African beats.

Fits in with other top films like 'Kinshasa kids' and 'Capharnaum'

Highly recommended!

The Sweet East (2023)

Waste of time

[2/10 · 20 October 2023]

Since the director was cameraman on the film Good Time, I had high expectations. But the film was a disappointment. Poorly acted, implausible situations, tedious drawn-out conversations (blah blah blah about Edgar Allan Poe etc).

Magic movie? All in wonderland? Punk fairy tale? None of that. The makers are still all adolescents and it shows, there is no fondness in it. Just Fried Air. I imagine Young people who haven't seen many films yet could probably find it special or so

I'm open to a lot ( I read references to John waters in a review ) but after three quarters of an hour it becomes too much for me, so I quit, life is too short to spend on bad movies like this one.