Reviews

Where to start...the movie had a few good things about it: the music, the acting, and the visuals.

The story was so horrible, that they couldn't even unveil the twists in the regular narrative of the film. At the very end someone had to sit there and explain the whole thing...there were a couple of small but cute twists (nothing to do with the plot of the film).

The whole thing might as well have been a dream, as the main character wakes up in the end.

We don't care about any of the characters, except one minor character (the gangster that helps Alex out).

The movie is just way too ridiculous...and how is it so highly rated??? I can't explain that either.

Tell EVERYONE how bad this film is.

Thriller??? no. Check out: Ransom, The Fugitive, or Oldboy for good thrillers. This film was garbage.

IMHO

Oh where to begin. Best part of the film were the first 10 minutes.

No sript, no story line, OK acting I guess Listen all: It is possible to make a good action movie it can be done!!!! See Dia Hard, See Crank 1, See the Bourne Series, see Casino Royal.....etc. this movie had pretty neat visuals and sound, but that was it nothing else.

I think the entire film had a total of 300 words , i was so bored i started counting the words.

"Kill 1 to save a 1,000"....how about risking a 1000 lives to kill that one.

Friendly advise, don't see this film there are much funner films that are entertaining and well made.

IMHO

It had a few laughs and a few more chuckles.

The film was VERY character driven, unfortunately none of the characters were really developed, so it was difficult trying to cheer them on or even dislike them. You don't know if the person is retarded or just trying to be funny or what...really bad script.

It was pretty disappointing in my opinion. I'm very open minded about films and try anything and often have been pleasantly surprised, this film was an unpleasant surprise.

The film was very mixed up, Rogan's monologue at the end of the film needed to be in the beginning of the film to establish who/what he was. A few funny moments by the side characters but that's about it for this film.

Not a fun experience at the movies. Avoid this film and be glad you didn't waste your time.

IMHO

I enjoyed the film's thoughtfulness. There was a lot of symbolism (a lot) and metaphors used in the film. Egoyan also used wonderful transitions form one scene to the next which made me admire his creativity.

I thought the movie was very fair to Turks. It wasn't a simple history movie, it was about the complex relationships people have with one another and within themselves. There were many occurrences that were told through various eyes, and we saw how the story would manifest depending on who told it. I believe this was the central idea of the film.

The movie has this focus on a woman's hands in a circular manner throughout the film, it begins with a mothers hands and ends with focus on a mother's hands embracing her child.

Reading many reviews here, I notice that the "bad reviews" seem to only critique the historical aspects of the film, and miss these wonderfully meticulous attention given to the artistic aspects of the film.

It really upsets me that reviewers are so shallow in their film watching...sorry. I feel bad for them because they miss all these profound themes that Egoyan conveys: ongoing theme of "parent and child" conflicts, truth as a matter of perception, surviving travesty in one's life, finding meaning in death, vindication, and redemption....this film was sooo throughout....

Most of the negative reviews are based on biases (as are the positive ones by the way) but the few critiques of the film as an art, are spot on. It's not a perfect film, but how can any film as complex as this one be "perfect?"

Don't use science to bash an artistic gem. --- that's mine, but feel free to use it ;)

Although, I believe Egoyan, personally thinks what was done by the Ottoman government to the Armenians in 1915 was Genocide. He showed how the Turkish government as well as modern Turks might believe otherwise, how it would be so hard for modern Turks to believe that their ancestors could do such malice.

It was not just a one sided documentary-type movie. The movie shows the modern views and beliefs of both Turks and Armenians. Egoyan is at his usual best with multipler perspectives and the back and forth timeline in the movie.

The one thing the film was lacking, was some sort of historical background to the Genocide. I believe this is the central reason it was not a huge hit. While the movie is flawless in its acting and direction, it is very esoteric. There should have either been some sort of epilogue or some kind of introduction to the Genocide, because otherwise the film just made it seem like Turks were just raping and murdering, but why? And how? "How could they hate us so much?" This needed to be addressed at the beginning of the film. But nonetheless, Arart is brilliant as far as movie making goes.

In my humble opinion.