Biutiful is an unsentimental story of redemption within a world where the poor, the immigrants and the dispossessed scrabble for an existence on the fringes of society. It is an impressive film ( the cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto is suitably harsh and wonderfully atmospheric) but boy is it a long slog and if it wasn't for Bardem, who gives the central character of Uxbel a kind of likability beneath his resignation, I think I would have walked out of the cinema before the final credits rolled.
7/10
I think I would like to see this one. Thanks for your critique John.
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ReplyDeleteSo, should I see it or not?
ReplyDeletem.
Sooooo I guess I'll watch this one at home so I can comfortably nap on the couch, through the slow parts.
ReplyDeleteWonderfully written review!
Not familiar with this film, Javier Bardem certainly has the face to act this part though. Ruggedly "biutiful"! If Netflix has it I'll give it a look!
ReplyDeleteI'll pass. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteMaybe best not to go in the first place. Wot, no killings?
ReplyDeleteI was going to watch this the other day but somehow ended up not doing so. It's back on my list of things to do, many thanks for the review :-)
ReplyDeleteI think I shall give this one a miss.
ReplyDeleteNo cinema by us so will have to wait, but bye gum he is nice eye candy;)
ReplyDeleteStill haven't seen this. And need to!
ReplyDeleteSounds like hard work - will look out for it
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the review. It was on my list to see, especially since Javier Bardem is in it. Now, I am not so sure.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to comedies? I am getting a little tired of angst, blow them ups, and just plain misery.
Lordy, lordy....what a beautiful man! Yum, yum!
ReplyDeleteI just saw him in Eat Pray Love and he was the best part of an otherwise ho-hum movie. He's SO beautiful! I melt. I just melt.
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