- Sensibility: A gross and jarring wall lick, a poorly communicated scene with a dead family member, and some names scratched on a window all are too strange to not disrupt the suspension of disbelief.
- Cinematography: The film is a bonafide mess. It's a horrible mixture of real and artificial, where everything feels incongruous. The unending fog and mist whitewashes large portions of the film, production design has so many differing styles that every other room and shot feels like it belongs in a different movie. Add on top editing choices, particularly near the beginning of the film, which are so haphazard and jumpy that it is hard to focus.
- Energy: The mess of visual choices makes much of the film fairly uncomfortable. Add on top the same issues in music and score, and this is a challenging watch. The inconsistency in emotional message makes the intended hard-hitting ending fall flat and confusing.
- Narrative: I'm not usually one to critique a film for straying from source material, but here, the best parts of the film were the moments that were the most true to the story's original intent. The mixture of new and old style and writing makes the film lacking in uniformity.
- T-Points: The film received two bonus points: one for a shot on horseback against a sunset between two pillars and one for a scene with a destitute father.
This film is a mashup of disjunct styles in costuming, production design, and music. None of the elements themselves are poorly done, but together they act largely as a distraction from a film with
not much else of merit going on.
Number of Watches: 1
