Liebestraum
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Movie Reviews of Liebestraum
Movie Review: A great plot idea succumbs to misguided "art"....
Summary: 2 Stars
Yet another film that could have been wonderful but staggers and finally succumbs under the weight of artsy film ambitions. Spoiler: the film's premise of a 30+ year old murder/suicide revisited in a haunting fashion by people connected to it a generation later could have made for a truly compelling story - there are hints of reincarnation and the possibility of changing fate or the danger of reinacting it a second time around.
Characters return, converging to the site of the crime: the Ralston Department Store, now closed and being torn down. Unfortunately, the movie plods along much too slowly. Clues are too slow in coming and too abstractly cloaked in artsy film making. It isn't until the last 20 minutes that things begin to fall into place; The matter of the lone survivor of the crime leaves a problematic element if one accepts the premise of possible reincarnation - maybe transmigration of a soul was intended?
Strangely, the film does pull you to it after you've watched it once and understand what it was trying for. The problem is the lack of action and plodding pace can't hold the attention long enough for most to want to watch it through to the end the first time around.....
Movie Review: If you love quirky, artsy, interesting films, do not waste time or money seeing this movie...
Summary: 1 Stars
I greatly enjoyed all of Kim Novak's movies from the 1950s and early 60s, and I bought this movie hoping that I would get a glimpse of the actress mature in her craft. So, I looked up her movies, read the 5-star reviews of this one to hear what I wanted to hear, and bought it in "Like New" condition.
Sadly, I have nothing good to say about this film. The plot, script, and directing succeeded in keeping Ms. Novak from actually BEING in the film. Her body was there and, of course, her name is in the top three credits.
Lest someone believe that this movie is, in some contorted way, a "masterpiece" (as the lead review proclaims), let me assure you that NOTHING could be further from the truth. The other three actors are enjoyable to look at, and... that's it. The movie plods and struggles from beginning to end, and the "final twist" is murky, not believable, and not the least bit clever.
Other bones to pick:
1. Lapses of bad taste that in no way serve the story: We are treated to a minor actor having a REAL marathon piss for your viewing enjoyment... lovely, and oh so "masterful" in its complete irrelevance to both the story and main character development. Good sense, not to mention good taste, would have insisted that this be cut completely. It was a Hollywood hit against small town law enforcement at the expense of both the audience and the plot. Congratulations, Figgis.
2. Lots of clever, artsy discussion of women kissing men's fingers only to discover that those fingers have just come from other women's viginas... how clever and artsy and edgy is that? Congratulations again, Figgis. Had there been any good taste left in Hollywood, this movie would have sunk your career to a berth next to the Titanic.
(Assuming this review ever sees the light of day when there's one proclaiming this movie a "5-star masterpiece" to anchor at the top of the reviews) If, after reading this review, you go on to actually buy this film, then by all means do not miss the one "deleted scene" in the sparse "Special Features" section... it is definitely "special" in the exact same way that this entire film is "special." Why on Earth did Figgis bother to cut it?!
Kim, what were you thinking when you agreed to do this picture!?
Movie Review: The worst movie I have ever seen
Summary: 1 Stars
I could not believe that anyone could make a film as bad as this one until I actually saw it. Even 6 years after seeing it no other movie has come close to the depths that this movie reached. I read the other reviews and I am convinced that they were all written by the people involved in the film because no one in their right mind could sit through this without screaming at the screen. I cannot get this film out of my head, but for all the wrong reasons.Movie Review: Pointless...
Summary: 1 Stars
The dvd plays fine... but why anyone would want to watch this is beyond me. It was boring and fatally pointless. I didn't care enough about the characters to bother trying to follow or figure out the plot. And I'm not someone who only watches movies like Porky's Revenge. I followed Memento and loved it as well as other complex movies. But this... save your money. It doesn't get any worse IMHO.
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