Solemplex
To me, this movie is perfection.
Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Caryl
It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
Antonio Flores-Riveros
First of all, I apologize for using this space to submit a request about this film's soundtrack, rather than writing a review on the film itself. Nevertheless, I would like to comment briefly on the story and the photography: The story is interesting and even though there is no plot as such, the love relationship developed between the two girls (main characters) in the film is portrayed in a spontaneous and natural fashion that I found particularly appealing. The photography and the scenery settings, especially those shot on very high places (the high voltage pylon and the plane performing acrobatics) are breathtaking. I don't remember having seen any Lithuanian movies before, and watching this film was a very valuable opportunity for me to get a glimpse of the culture in that country. Now, what I found extraordinarily beautiful is the music in the film, most especially, a fragment that I would like to know whether it is part of the original soundtrack or whether it was taken from another composer (Tchaikovsky, perhaps?)'s musical piece. On one of the occasions this brief musical piece is heard, it occurs approximately 15 minutes before the end credits. I would appreciate if somebody could enlighten me on this point.
SnoopyStyle
Sangaile is a 17 year old girl in love with acrobatic planes but is afraid of heights. She is lonely and cuts herself. She befriends Auste who lives nearby. Auste photographs Sangaile in her fashion designs and the two begin a summer romance. Auste helps Sangaile gain confidence to take flight.The photography is dreamy. The girls are waif-like. The plot is thin. The drama is limited. The intensity is low. This Lithuanian indie provides another entry into the lesbian teen genre. The plane flying and vertigo could have been interesting but the movie fails to give it the visual effect. The teen girl angst is done as expected but nothing more. This is barely a pass.
amandaz-67508
Beautiful cinematography, beautiful colours and lighting, very pleasing to watch. I also really enjoyed the work with sound, enhanced at exactly the right moments, appreciated the great attention to details and small things -this is also where the sound editing comes in perfectly. Each shot was well-considered. However, the story line isn't very interesting and you can hardly see any character development, the dialogue mostly feels fake and uncomfortable. The main character seems to be reacting to things that the viewer hasn't been introduced to or at least hasn't been motivated enough to feel sympathy for, so the character's actions really annoyed me at times. Overall I really enjoyed the movie, but I would have wanted some more plot development.
Matilda Raven Foxberry
Me and 2 of my friends all agree on a few things about this: 1) The lack of plot and substance for the characters really make this movie feel bland and renders all interactions extremely forced 2) The romanticization of self harm is very distasteful 3) This movie tried really hard to be deep and artistic, but, again, just came out super forced. Nothing seemed natural.We were all watching it together - one friend was trying really hard to stay awake and we just sat there kind of rolling our eyes the entire time. We had to quit it half way because of the scene where they decided to cut themselves together. It just left such a bad taste in our mouths. I decided to finish watching it on my own and it didn't get better. It felt like almost nothing happened in this movie - the most character development happened in the last 20 minutes and even that had a time gap of 2 years. I had really high hopes for this - it looked full of potential and I was super excited about the LGBT representation (in a movie from my country, like, wow!!), but was kind of left disappointed - it just was not executed well. Maybe I missed the point of the movie? The message it was trying to get across? Whatever the case, it wasn't the most enjoyable thing I've seen. I'm sad I feel about it this way.At least every shot was very pretty.
