best movie i've ever seen.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The pain, of being free from work is the beauty of not being free from work. Not being free from work is not being free from oppression.Not being free is being unfree. Being unfree is being oppressed. Beauty is being oppressed from oppression.Being oppressed is being controlled. Being controlled is not control. Not control is freedom. Beauty is freedom from oppression.Freedom from oppression is oppression that isn't from freedom. Oppression that isn't from freedom is oppression that's from oppression.Beauty is oppression being from itself - beauty is oppression being because of itself.Oppression is inequality. Inequality is disparity. Disparity is greater power. Beauty is greater power that's because of itself.Greater power isn't greater or power. Greater power is weaker weakness. Weaker weakness is worse weakness. Worse weakness is greater weakness. Greater weakness is better weakness. A better weakness is perverse power. Beauty is perverse power that's because of itself.Perverse power is logical weakness. Logical weakness is a logical absence of logic.Beauty is the logic of no logic that creates itself.Logic is authority. The opposite of authority is freedom. Beauty is the authority of freedom that creates itself.Beauty is an independent power that's always been responsible for itself.Beauty is a dependent weakness that's always been responsible for itself.A dependent weakness is a weak weakness. A weak weakness is a weakness that's chosen. Beauty is a chosen weakness that's chosen.A chosen weakness is a forced power. A forced power is an oppressive power. An oppressive power is a pure oppression.A pure oppression is a free oppression. A free oppression is a chosen oppression. A chosen oppression is a chosen weakness.Choosing a chosen weakness is a chosen power. Making the free choice to choose an oppressive power is beautiful.Making the free choice to be oppressed by a free weakness is beautiful.Beauty is when goodness freely decides to let evil take over reality.Beauty is when evil is forced to take over reality, because goodness hasn't the power to accept the knowledge of an alternative

As a bit of warning, this movie is not a feel-good movie. Not in the slightest; the mize-en-scene of this movie is kept at a constant glum and depressing tone thanks to the visuals, the music, and the subject matter. This film hits a lot of heavy scenes that aren't for the faint of heart: Manipulation, financial debt, racism, domestic disputes, police brutality, and murder-suicide. When you get past that, though, you're greeted with a unique and unforgettable experience of a movie. The camera work is absolutely gorgeous in terms of the views we are given and the lighting used, especially in the final scenes of the movie. The actors capture the emotions flying through the air perfectly, and the music is used at the perfect points in order to compliment the imagery to it's fullest potential. The run time is rather long, but there is not a wasted scene in this film as it grips you from start to finish. Just, make sure you have something lighthearted to watch or do after you finish. You're going to need it.

Dark story of two tragic characters and a catalyst for disaster. I don't think that many of the posters on the site recognized that the two men in the movie, Lester and Behrani are actually bookends to some degree because they seem to be narcissists who want their own way, regardless. Lester throws away his wife and kids in order to get the woman he wants (at least for the time being) and Behrani strikes his wife when she dares question the ethics of selling a home for three times what he paid for it. Both men rely heavily on the appearance of power, and dare anyone to get in their way. They will not even listen to their wives or girlfriend, as they think they know best. Behrani is the wiser one, as he knows that power doesn't only come from the firearm carried, but from a brave heart. Everyone in the story underestimates the other and judges on appearances alone. Behrani sees Kathy simply as a reckless and overly emotional woman, without realizing that she has suffered a loss and is combating alcoholism. Kathy and Lester see an immigrant who takes advantage of a situation to jack up prices, when Behrani just wants to restore his family to their previous great fortune. Behrani realizes too late that appearances and money mean nothing when your own child is lost. Behrani, the narcissist, will cause the death of his own wife rather than admit his failures in protecting their child. Lester realizes, too late, that 'having the eyes of a child' as Behrani says, will cause you to throw everything away for an uncertain future. All are headstrong characters on a road to destruction in order to get what they want. Kathy sits perched, like a succubus, high above the tragic action.Is she a victim or a villain? The only wrong note in the film was how Behrani's wife would climb the outdoor steps in her doped up state? Otherwise a dark but thought provoking film, similar to American Beauty in its depiction of the dark side of the American Dream, and the tragedy of not truly understanding, but believing that you do.

story of a tragical clash. between to manners to define the life. different at first sigh. results of same need of certitude. a bitter film who, long time after its end, remains present for its special mixture of emotions. because the stories of characters has universal resonance. because, more than drama of a young woman and the desire of Iranian officer to create a better future for his family, important is the theme of house as symbol of the fights against each of them of lead characters. and that is the key - the admirable acting of Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly. the tension. the war. the meetings. and the energy to preserve the certitude. one of films who impress for the definition of basic ingredients of life. for the inspired way to present the details and nuances. for subtle image of fall.