"The Other Side Of Hope" is a pleasant enough story and, at 110 minutes, doesn't make a pest of itself. It is part drama and (small) part comedy, but the comedy is so subtle as to be negligible. As related in the summary, an immigrant and a businessman find each other and form a friendship/partnership sort of an alliance. I wish I could relate some high points in the narrative, but this movie has neither high nor low emotional highlights.
I am trying to watch indies and foreign films as I am weary of Hollywood's tripe, but this film doesn't give you much to root for. It is too bland, and I'm sorry to say it needed a Hollywood writer to punch it up some.
I am trying to watch indies and foreign films as I am weary of Hollywood's tripe, but this film doesn't give you much to root for. It is too bland, and I'm sorry to say it needed a Hollywood writer to punch it up some.