I can't quite put my finger on the reason why this film left me so cold.
It wasn't the acting, that was very good from the whole cast especially the central character.
The script meandered a little. The cinematography was pretty good, so it must have been the detached, long takes and lack of snappy editing that did it.
Some pretty awful things happen in the movie and the camera just focuses on the protagonist in a long unbroken shot. The aftermath for both scenes is notably played down. It is left for the audience to react.
The ending is also unsatisfactory. In the end we just want to slap the main character.
It wasn't the acting, that was very good from the whole cast especially the central character.
The script meandered a little. The cinematography was pretty good, so it must have been the detached, long takes and lack of snappy editing that did it.
Some pretty awful things happen in the movie and the camera just focuses on the protagonist in a long unbroken shot. The aftermath for both scenes is notably played down. It is left for the audience to react.
The ending is also unsatisfactory. In the end we just want to slap the main character.