What a muddled mess. This film, under the assumed pretense of being "artistic" fails on every count. Is it a documentary or isn't it? Some scenes are staged, apparently, and some aren't. The story, as it appears to unfold, is about a man wanting to travel from Afghanistan to London, through sometimes treacherous Mid-East countries, and the young guide who agrees, for a price, to take him there. Every step of the way is captured on what must be the world's shakiest camera. And for the life of me I could not summon up any sympathy for the lead characters. Why did the man want to go to London? To see his family? Or to join a terrorist cell? It wasn't made clear to me at all. For a much better movie on a similar subject, with better direction, acting, writing and cinematography, check out "I Am David" about a boy escaping a Nazi concentration camp to make it to a free country.
Review of In This World
