Review of The Wild Pear Tree

Occasionally, movies focus on a person who worries that they're becoming their parents, in the sense of doing the things that were once considered uncool. Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Ahlat Agaci" addresses this, but goes so deep into it that it's almost as if you have to see the movie ahead of time to understand it (a catch-22). The movie gives an unflattering portrayal of modern Turkey, with the protagonist moving from one unpleasant sight to another, finally confronting his parents.

I don't know that I would call it a masterpiece, but still worth seeing.