beautiful, haunting, superbly acted. One of the finest personal stories I've seen about World War II. Excellent cast! I felt that there wasn't black or white, and while it would have been easy to fall into clichés, the story actually left a lot to explore on our own and there was much more grey. I was particularly impressed by the actors, there was so much nuance and emotion and subtlety that at times I felt it was too real to be acted out. I stumbled upon this movie on Netflix and I didn't know what to expect. WWII movies can be too melodramatic and predictable, in my experience. However, this swept me off my feet and I feel that I will be going back to these story over and over again. I am so glad that I have decided to give it a try! Fantastic movie!
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The Five of Us
(2004)
Incredibly Powerful !
11 November 2005
An incredibly powerful movie that cannot be just seen and forgotten. Despite the difficult subject matter, the movie has everything friendship and love, heartbreaks and laughs, tragedy and hope, wonderful scenery and much more.
The actors give brilliant performances making their characters very real and thus adding poignancy to the story. Especially impressive is their ability to portray very different age groups.
I was amazed about the masterful camera work that managed to show emotions and feelings so precisely using landscape and different colour lenses.
The actors give brilliant performances making their characters very real and thus adding poignancy to the story. Especially impressive is their ability to portray very different age groups.
I was amazed about the masterful camera work that managed to show emotions and feelings so precisely using landscape and different colour lenses.
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