Truly Dreadful Film

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

I suppose I shouldn't vote on this movie because I didn't get to see much of it because of two major problems which impeded access:: 1. The film-to-DVD transfer was third rate. The transfer 'muddied' the images shown making this viewer think he was walking into quicksand. 2. The subtitles were the worst transcriptions I've ever seen. As some of you know there are websites, foreign to the West, that are trying to enter a broader market and what they do is "translate" their comments into English, using some primitive app that must appear to them idiomatic......Wrong!; the results are laughable. 2a. Spellcheck anyone? The people who did the subtitles for this movie, as wretched as the the titles were, failed to use Spellcheck to edit their copy. So in addition to baffling, ridiculous translations, also incorrectly spell quite a few words. These two and half negatives allow me to believe that the producers, with something of interest to sell, had zero control of post-production DVD copying. Thumbs down, major league level.

I found this videotape at a local library's gay and lesbian section. However, there was only one scene that is related to homosexuality. The main character's partner can also be another female.It is really a nice movie about a person's simple life pursuing happiness. In this material world, sometimes people forget what the ultimate happiness is all about. It really does not matter how much one can make, this film showed that happiness is when you found something that you like to do.A good movie.

When I rented the tape ‘Hamam, the Turkish Bath' at my local video store, I had wrong expectations of what the movie would be about. And while I might agree with all those comments saying that the movie is subtle and that there is just little ‘action' going on (well, there is only action at the very end of the movie), it's just the kind of movie you'll leave the cinema and tell your friends: ‘Oh, I've got to think about it. But it's lovely photographed!'. In other words: You're totally confused and not sure at all whether you didn't get the story because there wasn't one or you just…,well, didn't ‘get it'. It's up to you. But let me add just one thing: If you're out to see a romantic GAY movie with an ending that encourages you to live your gay life instead of getting married, you better see MAURICE. Otherwise ‘Hamam' is exactly the movie you ought to see.My rating for that movie: 4 of 10

"Steam", also known as "Hamam" or "Il Bagno Turco" is one of the best movies I have ever seen! After repeat viewing you will notice the beauty of the story, characters and the city of Istanbul! Francesco is the sole heir of his aunt, the sister of his mother, whom he has never known! Being single, after a life of love and tragedy, she was living the last years of her life with a Turkish family in an old original part of Istanbul. Due to the downfall of tradition, the Hamam lost its appeal and had to be closed. Francesco, an architect/interior designer, living in Italy, in a wealthy part of Rome with his girlfriend goes to Istanbul to take care of the estate of his aunt. From his arrival he is drawn into the mysterious world of Hamam! Great is his surprise that his inheritance is a Hamam! After getting to know the family, Francesco is engulfed in this new old world of Turkey and Istanbul. Going from very wealthy in Rome to being a guest of a very poor Turkish family, Francesco's life and the Hamam become "one". Francesco has decided to rebuild his life without his girlfriend and Rome and starts rebuilding the Haman in Istanbul to its former glory with the help of Mehmet, son of the Turkish family, who, during the course of the restauration, becomes his lover. From then on things start to develop very quickly in a storm of old against new, east against west, money against poverty, greed against tradition, love against hate and finally gay against straight untill the very end! The conclusion is as shocking as unexpected! A movie to be viewed and reviewed again and again! Highly recommended!