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Alex and Selma are a couple in love on a trip to the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Suddenly, Selma feels somebody chasing them. She clings to her Muslim amulet, "hamajlija", causing the mysterious force to emerge from the forest. The Maus is a pretty damn bad horror film that has no soul or even knows what fun truly means, nothing happens for the biggest majority of the movie but i also found myself getting bored pretty easily from the whole experience plus the actors didn't try their best it seems since they were pretty bad as well. (0/10)
teacherlady-66593
This movie seem to just ramble around and began to become predictable. It had a terrible ending. Of course I watched this movie right after seeing How it Ends - another Netflix original - maybe I was just in a bad mood. Terrible endings. Come on Netflix.
Partho Som
It is somewhat surprising to see such a low rating of this excellent film. This film is an excellent thriller with grounded historical references. The film concerns a couple who get stuck in a Bosnian forest on their way home from the woman, Selma's family's funeral, who were killed during a genocide in the Bosnian war. In the forest they are confronted with two ferocious Serbian militant, and from there on the film takes a dark turn. The background is the Bosnian war, and especially the mass rape and genocide. It takes a quick Wikipedia search to know that during the war, majority of the genocidal rape was perpetrated by the Bosnian Serbs. Among other things, this film also explores the inefficacy of the first world middle-class people's endeavor to "understand" a war-ravaged woman. Though Selma's German boyfriend tries to "understand" her, and "protect" her, he is not ready to give up his own comfort zone.
moradbalifr
Sadly, I am not surprised to see bad ratings here, certainly from people used to "stimulus-horror" movies, where you have to jump out of your sit each minutes in order to consider it as something nice. This movie is at the edge of the psychological thriller. It is really rooted in anguish, with a mysterious, dark and heavy atmosphere. The atmosphere is fed by many long single take tracking shots - no edits, no cuts. It contributes more than largely to the "breath-taking" feeling that the movie creates. The deep forest fits the story perfectly, and create a situation where everything can happen without anyone near to help. Add to this the fact that the story takes place in the Srebrenica massacre frame, we constantly wonder if the paranoia of the main character is legitimate or not. I highly recommend it, but avoid if you want blood and stimulus. Don't destroy its rating for any reasons, there is something great to watch here !
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