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Movie Reviews of Ararat
Movie Review: A Haunting Work of Pure Brilliance
Summary: 5 Stars
Master filmmaker Atom Egoyan's (Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Calander, Next of Kin, Felicia's Journey, just to name a few)latest film is his best yet. To fully understand and appreciate the pure brilliance of this film, one must look beneath the surface. There is so much detail, so much depth and so much beauty underneath the very important and very moving storyline. The film is extremely crucial for the Armenian people and depicts the events of the Armenian Genocide through a film-within-a-film which connects all the characters and events. This, in my opinion, was a wonderful way to tell the tragic story of the Armenian Genocide. Egoyan got his point across with minimal, if any, propaganda. I have seen ARARAT twice and absolutely loved it. The movie lingered in my mind weeks afterward and I cannot wait to see it again. An absorbing storyline, a tightly plotted script, wonderful characters, and some brilliant directing makes this, in my opinion, the best film of the year!! Egoyan is pure genius!!Movie Review: An extraordinary storytelling by Egoyan
Summary: 5 Stars
Egoyan has done it again!!! Staying true to himself Egoyan again pulls off what others simply see as not doable, and he achieves it in ARARAT with the precision we are so used to seeing in his films and with such mastery that one just wishes he made the film. An excellent script, excellent actors and acting, ARARAT is a paradigm of storytelling, potent to stimulate thought (and action), and convey both grief over loss suffered in the past and anger over denial being experienced in the contemporary period. Egoyan again stresses the importance if not sacredness of memory and remembrance especially of events that either are tragic or breed tragedy like the Genocide of the Armenians. The stories need to be told and through that the loss and grief should be comitted to remembrance. Egoyan once again proves capable of doing just that. Job well done Atom!!!Movie Review: Pretty sad
Summary: 5 Stars
.... This movie is about Raffi,whos dead dad is labeled as a "terrorist" . Raffi is sleeping with his step sister(whos a hoe)she blames raffis mom cuz her dad died but shes just lyin cuz shes freakin pshyco. Raffi is basically taing her side over his own mothers. When his mother is asked to be a historical consultant for a movie about the genocide, raffi works on set and slowly learns about the torture the armenians went through.Eventually Raffi matures when he comes back from a trip to armenia and if u want to know the rest go watch the movie. This movie is the sad truth, children being nailed to crosses,young women forced to dance naked and then burned to death,12 year old girls raped in front of their younger siblings,pregnent women having their unborn babies torn out of their stomach and then raped,and so on.Ya its sad..just watch it.Movie Review: An amazing touching film...
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this film amazingly interesting, informative and emotional (at least for me)..... In general it seemed for me a movie that deals with how much people are affected by history, how history Defines who are we and vice versa. It's a quest to find one's history so he can live in the present without all those aching questions and lack of information.... In a more personal note, I identified in so many ways with some of the character since I'm a granddaughter of holocaust survivors - wanting to know more about your family but having no tangible source to lean on... I guess my people were "lucky" in getting the holocaust acknowledged well as for the Armenians they still have to fight for it - which is so bothersome for me.....Movie Review: GENOCIDE WE WILL NOT FORGET.
Summary: 5 Stars
About a month ago I went to see a new movie ARARAT. Frankly, I had some reservations but the director and Charles Aznavour helped me to make a decision. Two hours later, I found myself still sitting in the movie with all people around. It was quiet, the lights were on and no one moved. The show was over but we were still enchanted by it. The multifaceted story leads you in many different directions but all meeting at the same point - the point of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. The screenplay was masterfully written and the whole movie was so fragile with questions raised by it. ARARAT is a very emotional movie which generates even more emotions from the viewer.