It is hard to come across modern day love stories in Turkish cinema and I guess this made a great contribution to the popularity and box-office of the movie. However if you are a believer of old-fashioned love, you might feel a little bit discomforted with the movie, at least I did. The business of falling in love on Monday, making love on Tuesday, breaking up on Wednesday and forget about everything on Thursday has no buy in from me. I guess this kept me a little bit far to the story during the movie. Apart from that, the depiction of modern day city life is quiet successful . Isolation, hunger for love, dilemma of love and freedom are featured in a striking manner. The ending which is praised as the most powerful part of the movie makes no sense for me neither logically nor emotionally.
Acting is quiet weak, especially in the beginning of the movie but the charm of the actors saves the day. The mother is an exception to this observation, her voice and acting is very powerful and she contributes a lot to her scenes.
Movie soundtrack is superb in the sense that the songs and story are in perfect harmony. I believe the story would never have such an effect on the audience in the absence of the songs.
All in all, this movie deserves nothing more than 6 stars. We now expect better movies as this movie proved that Turkish audience is ready to pay for modern day love stories.
Acting is quiet weak, especially in the beginning of the movie but the charm of the actors saves the day. The mother is an exception to this observation, her voice and acting is very powerful and she contributes a lot to her scenes.
Movie soundtrack is superb in the sense that the songs and story are in perfect harmony. I believe the story would never have such an effect on the audience in the absence of the songs.
All in all, this movie deserves nothing more than 6 stars. We now expect better movies as this movie proved that Turkish audience is ready to pay for modern day love stories.