Film Reviews by None

I did watch this DVD but didn't learn anything from it that I don't remember from my history class 40+ years ago, just broad stereotypes.

The emphasis of the production seemed to be on costume and drama - polite gossip and inuendo, lots of waving fans, wigs and powder.

Historically and politically they were exciting times for an upstart Jew - as I am too - but none of that came across.

This was an interesting film about historic child abuse in the Catholic church, specifically the French Catholic church.

The focus was on the victim's attempts to reconcile their personal experience with their faith.

It also set out the Church's response, to look after and forgive the perpetrator.

However, for those of us who are not Catholic, the film is interesting for what it did not cover: the legal or state's response, the lack of child focus of state and Church, the lack of consequences for actions, the lack of lessons learned.

As a non Catholic, I couldn't fathom why. Maybe you need to be Catholic to to understand that.

Ok, I certainly thought this was a weird film. Every time I thought I knew where it was going, it went somewhere else!

By the end of the film I felt weirdly positive and optimistic, not like me at all!

I have the film 4 stars not 5 because it plods along in an emotionally restrained way, with a lack of spark, maybe too concerned about veracity than drama.

But it is a real eye opener about the outrageous cynicism of the American " Justice " system brought in to even sharper focus by the Black Lives Matter campaign. Watch it.

A compelling portrait of society in 70a Mexico through the life of a young woman servant. All the relationships and characters are lovingly shown as individuals.

The film quietly but powerfully dissects issues of class, power, gender and religion without losing any of its humanity and complexity.

Brilliant! I loved this film!

Be patient, it takes a while to get into but this film is great fun, a warmhearted and thoughtful send up of the star trek genre. Sigourney Weaver really has the right to star and I loved this film.

Yes this film is different in that it follows one person's development over a long time frame, rather than having a traditional plot. As a result you get a well rounded, detailed picture of him, that is sympathetic and revealing. An excellent if low-key film.

I didnt get on very well with this film, I couldnt see what it was "about". Maybe the pointlessness Was the Point, but it was lost on me.

I am a great fan of the Hornblower series of books, covering in depth the different aspects of life in the British Navy when it was supreme. This film didnt convey the depths or cover the more serious issues that the books tackle so adeptly. Maybe it was aimed at a teenage audience?

Yes I liked this film, and would recommend it, the costumes and sets were very evocative, all the actors well cast.

It portrayed the particular problems for female solo artists and the wrenchingly unfair choices that had to be made.

The singing was great, though I would have liked more - maybe that's the point - to encourage us to listen to her music.

I thought this was going to be a depressing, worthy film that I 'ought' to watch.

I was wrong. It Was bleak, but it was also really funny in parts, particularly the firebombing incident.

The acting was completely compelling, and I loved the ending.

Making a film about an event or period of trouble and suffering, while still making it pleasant to watch, is difficult. You have to simplify complex things, create empathy, we have to identify with the protagonist to care what happens. All of which this film does.

I love Elmore Leonard and I love this series, it has strong, convincingcharacters, tons of plot, complexity.

Watch it!!

This film is excellent at what it does, which is to convey a sense of the person she was and what motivated her, the need to be witness.

It isn't an analysis of the conflicts she covered, but a good film nonetheless.

Perhaps that should be Excellent but not Brilliant!

Seen through the prism of 2019, with Cambridge Analytica, Russian manipulation of US and possibly UK democratic processes, Fake news etc, this film seems terribly dated, and innocent in its belief that exposing truth is always a good thing.

Still, Snowden shocked us into beginning to think more carefully about uses and abuses of information, so is worth marking.

I agree that the film fails rather to capture the high drama of the events that followed the leak, or the bravery of those bringing it to light.

A good, honest film