Movie reviews

TRANSATLANTYK FILM FESTIVAL 

MASS

Watchable. The title may refer to the mass murder or to a church service or both. Also, the structure of the meeting and the planning may reflect a mass with its specific order. The ultracareful preparations indicate the meeting is going to hang on the edge. The thing's superbly shot and acted. The only problem is it's neither unheard of nor relatable. Mass shootings happen in the US but are such rare incidents it's hard to put yourself in the shoes of the family of either party.

ICH BIN DEIN MENSCH (I'M YOUR MAN)

Recommended. Top-notch science-fiction: plausible, thought-provoking, clever and entertaining. Dan Stevens as Tom is so hot I had to watch from the shadow. Relationships with machines always serve manifesting the human condition and what makes us human in the first place - these topics are explored here with a surprising conclusion. The career subplot is also far from trivial. It offers a different idea of what constitutes an achievement - a machine represents a broader, historical approach, hence renders human ambitions petite and mercenary. Yet what you love this movie for is the fact Tom is any woman's ideal partner. Worth seeing one. At least at the cinema.

A FELESEGEM TORTENETE (THE STORY OF MY WIFE)

Watchable. It could do with cutting since the same situations repeat and for nearly 3 hours you go round in circles. At least Léa Seydoux and Gijs Naber are convincing in the leading roles.