Circus Columbia

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Steve B An absolute must for anyone from the former Yugoslavia. For everyone else, this is much more worth your time than any of the French or Italian favorites you hear so much about. There is drama, romance and comedy here in just the right measure to make it appealing to audiences of all sexes and almost all ages. Writing is great, characters three-dimensional, acting superb. It's a gem. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/25 Full Review Audience Member Where is home? How do you fit in to society? Small questions with big implications when a war is looming in a country divided by ethnic backgrounds. In the calm before the storm, see one family's story of upheaval, as well as their road to reconciliation. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member I am not familiar with foreign movies, this was actually one of the first movies I watched in a different language with subtitles. I am happy to say that this movie encourages me to watch other foreign movies, because it was a wonderful experience. I didn't want to watch something where I would have to read subtitles the entire time, but it actually didn't end up bothering me at all, and I didn't even notices that I was doing it because it happened naturally. The story of this movie is so moving and well acted. You can't not like this movie because of it's historical background and brilliant writing. Also, Mira Furlan is one of my favorite actresses. She has been in a few of the American shows and movies I have watched, but what I recently noticed is that she does a lot of foreign war films like this one. She is sort of the Meryl Streep of foreign movies where the performance is always different, yet always getting better and drawing you in. Anyway, great story, great acting, and great characters! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member A nice picture of the usual life that was happening in the peace time just before the conflict in the balcanic regions and the life of a broken family that only gets some days together in the impass between the communism and the war. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member A real surprise this small jewel. More than actors or film making or the plot, the thing that made interesting and very enjoyable this film was the atmosphere it had. I found it almost poetic. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Going into Cirkus Columbia I only knew two things about it, it was based on a novel and that it's a Bosnia drama. I got to say for my first Bosnia movie this was pretty good. Cirkus Columbia is a story set in the former Yugoslavia and centered on a guy who returns to Herzegovina from Germany with plenty of cash and hopes for a good new life. Cirkus Columbia has good writing, but it could have been better. Now I did get into the story and even though I didn't care much about the political aspect of the plot it did add to the drama. I also found each character to be likable in there own way and being being three dimensional which is best the part about the writing. The story flows smoothly and no scene ever feels out of place. Now the writing could have been better like I said earlier. Some of the more important scenes that were meant to be powerful didn't leave much of an impression. The same could said about the ending, while I found it to be a fitting to the story some won't be as satisfy with it. Though it could have been better, it's still a good drama. I'll admit that the cast themselves wasn't what I expected, but you could tell they got a lot by smoothly they made time pass by. I'm not sure about everybody else, but actor Miki Manojlovic reminds of Robert De Niro for some reason. Maybe it's because they look alike or simply Miki Manojlovic is just that good of an actor. Even though I haven't been to Bosnia it location works well for the story. I can't imagine this movie taking place in anywhere else. Cirkus Columbia might not have to look at, but hard work was into this and that's ultimately counts. Cirkus Columbia is a gripping Bosnia drama with three dimensional characters that make it worth a watch. Even though this movie is not great, it definitely deserves more attention. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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