Everybody Knows

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Al J Lousy, bad, slow. Because? Let's start with the audio. I speak Spanish and at times I didn't understand what they were saying. If you dare to watch it, watch it with subtitles. Because otherwise you are lost.The actors talk to themselves, and that is not compensated by improved audio. The film is divided into two: before Irene's kidnapping and after. And it's totally bipolar. The first half is all euphoria, the family, the meeting, the wedding, the celebration. Everything is joy and laughter. Then comes the kidnapping and from that moment on, the collective depression until the end. Come on, one does not expect Javier Bardem or Ricardo Darin to become Liam Nesson in "Taken", but please, a little more movement, action, investigation, dynamism. From that moment on, you see them watching each other's faces sitting in a room, Penelope Cruz crying, and everyone waiting for a miracle to happen. This is the antithesis of what a family would do if their daughter were kidnapped. Nobody has the motivation or the neurons to do a minimal investigation to discover how she was kidnapped. Look for footprints, possible places where she would be captive, nothing. And the family drama doesn't make up for that absence in the story, not even close. The culprit is the Director and a very poorly put together script. By the way, I watched it in pieces on the cable, because the audio problem made it impossible for me to understand it. Not recommendable. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/03/23 Full Review Luis M. D Don't compare this movie to others of the same director. Judge by its own merits and you'll see that is good. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/24/23 Full Review Andrea C Farhadi fuori dai confini Iraniani riesce nuovamente a creare un'opera complessa, con una trama solida e dei dialoghi mai banali resi ancor più credibili da una serie di personaggi ben definiti e vari. La maggior differenza rispetto alle sue opere, è che l'evento principale resta ben presente e centrale per tutta la durata del film, lasciando meno spazi allo sviluppo delle relazioni e delle situazioni. Viene data la priorità al liberarsi delle emozioni che la fanno da padrona, viene meno seguito lo sviluppo delle "indagini interne" che forse sarebbe stato più snervante e teso. Il finale in dolce amaro lascia un tocco degno del regista che offre un altro prodotto di grande qualità. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/30/23 Full Review Thalia P At the beginning the movie was boring, then, it remained boring and ended boring, predictable and inconclusive. The one star is because the actors are good. Besides that there's nothing happening for 30 minutes, then the main plot actually develops in a less than 20 minutes after 1 hrs of movie. This is not a mystery thriller, there are not really clues "to solve", it's just pointing fingers. When the plot finally resolves, it is so inconclusive that Yes, just like that sentence. This is not a "cult movie" just because it's in Spanish. Believe me, I'm a native Spanish speaker and it's also boring in the original language. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/24/23 Full Review dave s When Laura (Penelope Cruz) and her two children travel from Argentina to Spain, they expect nothing more than to reunite with family and enjoy her sister's wedding. However, things take an unexpected turn when her teenage daughter is kidnapped during the reception, resulting in anguish, mistrust, and the unearthing of buried secrets. Director Asghar Farhadi turns what could have been a standard thriller into something much more by focusing primarily on the characters' reaction to a situation rather than the situation itself, much like his earlier film A Separation. Despite its tepid climax, Everybody Knows is a fascinating character study of a family in distress, clearly Farhadi's area of expertise. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review isla s This is a decent mystery film, with good characterisation and it certainly kept me guessing. It does feature quite a bit of shaky camerawork, which may irritate some. Its not especially fast paced either but I enjoyed it, in terms of it being a bit of a soap opera watch, with the viewer learning more about the key characters as the plot continued and it certainly does well at depicting a mothers desperation for answers, to be reunited with her child, with a decent performance from Penelope Cruz. There are some twists and turns present and I'd recommed the film overall, yes. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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