The Misfortunates

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Audience Member Ülkemizde "Çölde Kutup Ayısı" diye gösterime giren filmin en güçlü yanı, 1980'lerin Belçika kırsalındaki Gunther'in şanssız, bol alkollü, tutunamayanların ortamında şekillenişi. Dram ile komedi dengesi güzel. Ayrıca büyümeyi reddeden Strobbe ailesine karşı bir büyümenin, oğulken baba olmanın hikayesi. Roy Orbison konseri sahnesi de akılda kalıcı... Ama film bir yerden sonra tekrara düşüyor ve yavanlaşıyor. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Inconsistent- All uncannily obnoxious for almost 3/4 of the whole film until that enlightenment thing suddenly popped out of nowhere. It is, nevertheless, better than watching a coming-of-age story being delivered by the exact same approach/tone one after another, again & again. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Film is ok. Book is genius. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the few movies that gripped me from the very first minute.The beauty of this movie is that you fall in love with it no matter how indifferent the characters ,the story or the circumstances appear to be. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member this is a bleak comedy that's not as funny or grim as it needs to be. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review jesse o This is a damn good film. I think it sort of goes from being a very low-brow comedy into an interesting examination of a very dysfunctional family and how that shapes Gunther's own life as an adult. The thing about the movie is that under all the "ugliness" the Strobbes display through their behavior, the film is certainly very heartfelt and honest about how it portrays its characters. Sure they may be ugly, unlikable, drunkards, gamblers...but they feel like a real family and that's what the film gets across greatly. They do feel like a very close and tight-knit family and you get to see their ups and downs, mostly downs really, and how they relate to each other. So it's a very well-written film, it's also well-acted but there's something about the film, it's not really a flaw, but somehow the film is content with just being very good, it never feels great. There's some inspired stuff here but it's never great and I'm not sure what the reason is for that. But at least it's still a damn good film about a fascinating family. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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