Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

SnoopyStyle Four British men try to be Islamic jihadists. Omar is anti-modern Western culture. His friend Waj is an idiot. Barry is a bombastic aggressive convert. Faisal has crazy ideas. Omar and Waj go to training camp in Pakistan. Barry's brash public persona attracts new recruit Hassan. Omar and Waj return after accidentally destroying the terrorist camp. The group gathers material to make a bomb.This is essentially The Office with terrorists. Instead of selling paper, they're trying to kill people. Barry is probably the funniest. These characters are outrageous but has a good slice of the truth. It is either cringe-worthy or gut-busting hilarious. If anything, these guys need to push even harder to be outrageous. The deaths don't always help. They're not satiring a zombie movie. This subject is all too real and they need to consider how far from reality this movie should be.

bowmanblue Okay, so the makers of this film must have known that what they were doing would court controversy, but they did it anyway. 'Four Lions' tells the tale of a 'cell' of British Muslims who are plotting various – lethal – terrorist attacks on Britain. That wouldn't be that controversial in itself if the film was a drama, but it isn't – it's a comedy – a pretty black one definitely.Therefore, you will always get a certain percentage of the audience who claims that this sort of area should be 'off limits' and not something to be made fun of. Those people will hate it no matter what and vote it one star (probably either before it was release, or without ever actually watching it).Yes, it covers a taboo issue, but, although it chooses to mock certain people, it goes to great lengths never to make any sweeping statements about such as how 'all Muslims are terrorists,' or something equally as crass. The central protagonists may wish to cause loss of life through their actions, but you can see that they're the minority of the minority. They're misguided and truly believe that what they're doing is for the greater good.You may also think that it would therefore be pretty hard to ever find much to like about this crowd of terrorists. Yet, you may even find yourself actually liking them, even if you totally disagree with what they do/stand for.You definitely need a broad/black sense of humour to fully appreciate this. There are plenty of laughs to find in there, just don't try and pre-judge it on what some people's 'knee-jerk' reactions to the subject matter were.If nothing else... you'll learn the difference between a Wookie, a bear and the Honey Monster.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

shikhar2505 This movie should have clearly achieved way more than it did. The actors have displayed how high they can perform and Christopher Morris has done an excellent job in directing this master piece.The actors have done a truly excellent job in quickly changing between emotions and have shown they can act serious scenes as well as the comedic ones that make this movie deserving of an Oscar.Chris Morris has given this movie a very powerful effect due to they way his scenes change quickly from comedy to serious ones. This keeps the funny side of the movie but also maintains the story line.Someone please give this movie a f***ing Oscar.

AfroPixFlix Now here's something well worth an open-mended person's time. Buffoons, for the most part impressionable wannabees, royally mess up while thinking they're doing something for the good of the world. If you dare, get out of your comfort zone and substitute their jihad for any type of fundamentalism that has an intolerant edge to it. Those groups or movements will attract the impressionable, the zealots, and the misguided dangerous people ready to explode their "fringe" positions. But this film is entertaining for its downright belly laughs of humor. Unfortunately, the sound editing and rapid fire (no pun intended) line deliveries make parts of it hard to understand. If you can tolerate subtitles, use them even if English is your native tongue. Otherwise, you may miss some really funny lines. Be prepared for an ending that gets sublime. It's really the only socially-responsible way to end this great work, despite it being a downer you'll feel while the smiles haven't yet faded away from your face. Chris Morris is superb as a writer and director, and he should continue tackling these tough subjects, AfroPixFlix sez.