Fluentiama
Perfect cast and a good story
Cleveronix
A different way of telling a story
Freeman
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Deanna
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
SnoopyStyle
It's 1992 Bosnia-Herzegovina. Muslim Ajla goes out to a mixed party which gets bombed. Four months later, Serb forces have arrived. The men are executed. Ajla and some of the girls are bused to a Serb camp to service the soldiers. She finds former suitor Danijel who is now commanding the Serb camp. He tries to protect her as they begin a dangerous secret relationship.The subject matter is harrowing and Angelina Jolie deserves some credit for tackling it. However, one gets a sense that she has taken on too much as writer/producer/director. It lingers on the disturbing like a horror movie. It definitely doesn't fling and it's a grind to watch. This is a long bloated slough which is tough to sit through.
drrodrigohermida
I hesitated before seeing this movie. In general I do not like movies that show too horrors of war, not because I want to ignore the darkest moments of human history, but because usually I try to make the movie business a more pleasant experience. That said ... not too convinced I saw the movie. Obviously tells a story from the point of view that the director decided. Maybe many in Serbia do not like it looks for them, but unfortunately, what it shows is what happened. The findings of mass graves, the stories of mass rapes, concentration camps, snipers, ethnic cleansings, etc show what the world knows (or has been known as discovering more horrors). However, the director has the obvious right to tell the story that comes to mind from her the point of view. If the Serbs do not like, then make their own movie showing Muslims as evil. From the cinematographic point of view, it is not the most brilliant film of the century, but also to give it 1 or 2 star or say it's the worst movie in the world? Please! Perhaps so many negative reviews it has is because it gave a key ... really says something then.
lara-kryukova
I love the movies related to modern history. This movie is the first I watched related to Yugoslavian war, the conflict between Serbs and Muslims. The movie gives the wide perspective of the war, every moment is worth to know about. It is emotional and well directed. I admire the talent of this exceptional woman. Thank you Angelina Jolie!Lara In the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, conflict between the three main ethnic groups, the Serbs, Croats, and Muslims, resulted in genocide committed by the Serbs against the Muslims in Bosnia.Bosnia is one of several small countries that emerged from the break-up of Yugoslavia, a multicultural country created after World War I by the victorious Western Allies. Yugoslavia was composed of ethnic and religious groups that had been historical rivals, even bitter enemies, including the Serbs (Orthodox Christians), Croats (Catholics) and ethnic Albanians (Muslims).
petarmatic
I wanted to write a lot about this movie but I read other reviews and I found out that they describe the film accurately so please read them. I really do not have anything to add to what other people wrote about it.What I wanted to write about is the actress Zana Marijanovic. Since I know her personally I have to say she is such a nice and positive person. When she was without a boyfriend I tried to ask her for a date. She refused me flat out. Of course, I am not from the movie/acting business, but I am her fellow Sarajevan. Still, even that I was not to her liking I still, when I watch her act either in Gogo club or in Kamerni Teatar, like her very much. She radiates with such a positive energy, and is such a nice person. She is a Bosnian mixture of Sandra Bullock and Angelina Jolie.