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Nominated for:
Best Actor - Javier Bardem
Also Nominated for:
Foreign Language Film
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's latest is a goregeous addition to his canon of downer films. Set in Barcelona's not-so-petty crime underworld, we the audience are treated to a litany grimy images. Dingy alleyways, overcrowded basements, moldy apartments, crusty kitchens... All choc full of shady characters working like dogs just to get by.
Jarvier Bardem is masterful, as always, and I wouldn't be surprised if he causes an Oscar upset. This film is so heart-breakingly wonderful it makes me alliterate - Eli's essence is elated with this elegant endeavor's exquisite exposition of exuberant existence. Yeah!
Eli
Rating: 4 for innovation, 5 for emotion and 5 for cohesiveness.
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I was thinking that this film would receive a perfect-15 from you. Only 4 for innovation? I thought the blending of Spanish spiritualism with the trials found within a 21st-century immigrant community would have guaranteed a 5-star rating.
ReplyDeleteThough, I understand that perfect scores should not be doled out too freely.