For the trained or informed viewer the message becomes utterly
predictable only after the introduction part of the story. After that
it is highly insulting for the Serbs and all factually informed people
who personally know about civil war, especially about that tragic
region more than what the average Western viewer will ever be allowed
to know via their usually available media sources that are not
objective no matter how many times they are keen to repeat that fib.
Seriously good acting and good standard directing for a cherry-popping
movie for Jolie... I wish Angelina could have done it so much better
and fairer with her not really informative story line in her debut that
smells of dubious and occasionally even obvious subjectivity during her
"research" period. On the other hand; if Madonna can get a Golden Globe
for a song nobody really knows, I would not be surprised if she gets an
Oscar for a movie nobody will remember. As long some positive PR spin
done for US policy no matter how deeply stereotypically hypocritical it
is. It's all a game for that part of that franchise; a cruel game of
mirror-mirage distortion in pursuit of the Holy dollar no matter how
dirty or otherwise contaminated the financier's banknote really is and
where it is coming from. Really exposing debut for such a talented
actress and director but from an unexpected and rather dark angle...…Full Review »
Hollywood history. Topic of this story is subject to much heated debate among historians, lawyers and politicians and one, Hollywood actress is trying to tell us the story in oversimplified and one sided way, which wouldn't be too dangerous if this was some action movie. But this film, pretends to be serious and historical, and one by watching it does not get the full pictures about the events during the period.…Full Review »
Movie made from one sided view, without any desire to understand and explain to the viewers reality and tragedy of all sides involved in that tragic war…Full Review »
