thathatom
Very supimpaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Watched at school so it was uma merda
Neelam Macwan
I'm writing this review after 12 years of release as I watched it recently and I loved it,it shook me. I'm a fan of love stories and this one is so true to reality. Amazing acting by Ralph and Rachel. Ralph had smitten me with his acting and portrayal of the husband who loved his wife dearly that he went to lengths for his love and humanity. The nearby reality of African nations was woven beautifully in this story. I didn't miss it for a single minute. I wished Ralph would have won an Oscar for his role. I never see Indian movies with true to its roots and that's why I liked this movie so much. Kudos to Ralph.
Robert J. Maxwell
These days we often read of "raids" by some radical outlaw group on third-world settlements. The image we have must be abstract for most of us because we've never been through one or seen one on video. The most shocking scene in this film describes such a raid. It results in hasty flight, kidnapping, and death. It's terrifying.Ralph Fiennes is a minor diplomat whose wife, Rachel Weisz, disappears while doing some humanitarian work in Africa.The plot involves a corrupt pharmaceutical company, friends that can't be trusted, beatings by strangers, and ultimately murder -- not counting the murders of the African patients who died as a result of ineffective medicines. Weisz mostly appears in overlighted flashbacks, a beautiful woman with a splendid broad nose.Fiennes unravels the mystery, to his own disadvantage, but it's a complicated business with many characters, helpful and deceitful, worthy of John Le Carré.Fiennes is good, it seems, no matter what his role. He was a government contractor in "The Hurt Locker" and looked dangerous. Here, he's earnest, determined, and in the end resigned.Aside from the usual, lamentable habit of shaking the camera and editing the film into tiny bits, the director does a good job of capturing Kenya in all its third-worldliness. The litter-strewn streets of the towns; the bleak desolation of its outback. The photography is in high contrast and drained of some color, more in some scenes than others. No slow motion, thank God.The flashbacks to Fiennes and Weisz together are overexposed and the effect is that of walking out of a dark theater into blazing sunlight. When we're not in Africa, we're in one of London's impeccably appointed private clubs with lunches and ridiculous rules.Nice job overall.
LeonLouisRicci
"There They Go Again". Those Left-Wing Anti-Capitalist, Attacking Big-Pharma, using Film as Propaganda to Support Their Socialistic Agenda. Hollywood, those Far-Left Zealots are once more Pulling at the Threads of the Free Market Fabric. (Right-Wing Talking Points)Of course these Drug Companies Experiment in Impoverished Nations, Fudging and Covering Up Damaging Results and Inconclusive Findings so it is Not Necessary for the Company to..."Go back to the beginning, more years of study, millions of dollars lost...We're not killing people who aren't already dead", says a Government Go-Conspirator.John Le Carre based His Book on Real Life Events He Uncovered concerning the Pharmaceutical Company "Pfizer". So there exists Documentation of the Type of Thing found in this "Left-Wing Propaganda". But that should come as No Surprise. As a Species We Excel at Apathy and Justification using Guilt-Cleansing Phrases like... "For the Good of the many and It's not Personal its only Business and What can I do when so Many Need so Much". The Director Decided, some Say Unadvisedly to make this Movie in the Modern Shaky Camera, Hyper-Edited Style that is so Popular. It's a Low-Budget Gimmick to Hide Lack of Imagination. Don't let that Camera Linger too Long, Someone might See the Nakedness.But, Despite this wannabe Hipness, the Movie's Message Emerges and Remains. The Good Cast Succeeds in Keeping up with those Mechanistic Pretensions. Because the Actors are Talented and the Story and Script are so Emotional that no amount of Swirling Camera, Ultra Close-Ups, and Frenetic Editing can Detour from the Inconvenient Truths.
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