Father and Son
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Movie Reviews of Father and Son
Movie Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
When I watched Mother and Son, and then came to Amazon to look at the reviews, I was stunned to see the enormous praise being given to Sokurov. I thought the film should have been a "short". While reading the reviews, most of them written by people who are obviously intelligent (or at least pretend well - I think it's the former), I felt, frankly, stupid. Why didn't I appreciate the film as much as so many others seemed to?
Having watched Father and Son, I don't feel quite so stupid. Again, there are intelligently written reviews in support of this film, and it is certainly a touching story about the love of a father for his son, and the idea that "a father crucifies his son", and "a son offers himself up for crucifixion"(the last might be more of a paraphrase than a quote) is intriguing, but as with Mother and Son the boredom was excruciating.
When Alexei and his girlfriend were eyeing each other through the partly open window, I wanted to scream at them. There was nothing realistic about their interplay whatsoever, and their odd movements seemed to be inserted purely for visual effect. Which wasn't necessarily good, because it was annoying. So was the camera shot through the X-Ray. What did that show?
I acknowledge that I'm a better critic of books than I am of film. But I went into this movie wanting to like it, and gave it every benefit of the doubt. In the end, the movie failed me.