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- 2003
- Not Rated
- Hollywood Independents
- 1 h 12 m
- 2003
- Not Rated
- Hollywood Independents
- 1 h 12 m
Summary Two lovers, killed during the Holocaust, are reincarnated. The first soul to return now has a twenty two year old daughter who is now in love with her father's past life lover.
Directed By: Jorge Ameer
Written By: Jorge Ameer
- 2003
- Not Rated
- Hollywood Independents
- 1 h 12 m
- 2003
- Not Rated
- Hollywood Independents
- 1 h 12 m
The Singing Forest
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1.8
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Summary Two lovers, killed during the Holocaust, are reincarnated. The first soul to return now has a twenty two year old daughter who is now in love with her father's past life lover.
Directed By: Jorge Ameer
Written By: Jorge Ameer
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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100% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
1
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0 Reviews
100% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Awkwardly staged and edited and fitted out with an overly intrusive score drawn primarily from classical music, the film consistently subverts the earnest efforts of its cast.
The cast isn't bad but the movie is, and Amir's use of Holocaust imagery is cheap and unnecessary; Jo and Alexander could just as easily have died on the Titanic. At one point the dialogue is completely drowned out by the roar of the surf, and that is no doubt a blessing.
User Score
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 31 User Ratings
1.8
16% Positive
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0% Mixed
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84% Negative
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
User Score
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 31 User Ratings
1.8
16% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
0% Mixed
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
84% Negative
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
The cast isn't bad but the movie is, and Amir's use of Holocaust imagery is cheap and unnecessary; Jo and Alexander could just as easily have died on the Titanic. At one point the dialogue is completely drowned out by the roar of the surf, and that is no doubt a blessing. Awkwardly staged and edited and fitted out with an overly intrusive score drawn primarily from classical music, the film consistently subverts the earnest efforts of its cast. Amateurish, irritatingly gabby indie. I cannot believe how bad this film is! There is a very big problem with every single aspect of this film, be it the plot, the acting, the lighting, sound, cinematography, wardrobe or directing. Each of these are described below! The plot is bad to start with and it is very poorly told. The acting is non existent. The actors barely stand there reciting the lines. The sets are not made or decorated in any way, it seems as if the director just shot the film inside his house. The wardrobe is very old fashioned and plain, as if the actors wore the cheapest item they have in their own wardrobe. There is no costume adviser or even any budget for clothes, I can bet. The lighting is very bad. Most of the time the film is not adequately lit. In the scene where Christopher drinks beer in the living room, the only source of light is the lamp beside Christopher. This makes the beer bottles and even the coffee table dark and indiscernible because they are against the light. In addition, the soundtrack is a big problem as well. There is a high level of ambient noise, and sometimes we even hear traffic outside the house and hear dogs barking! In the scene where the two men talk on the seaside, the waves are so loud that the sound of waves literally drown out the conversation. However, the worst is yet to be described! The cinematography is shocking. 90% of the time, the camera sits on a tripod for two or three minutes. This means that most of the time, the camera does not move, and the shot length is very long. This means that most of the conversations are filmed with two people sitting and talking. We do not have any camera shots of their facial expressions or reactions. For example, in the scene where Christopher lies in bed talking to the standing daughter, the camera is positioned behind Christopher, so that during the long conversation we could not see his face at all. There are also many times that the cameraman decides that the characters are in fact not in the centre of the visual field, and shifts the camera to the side a bit. Oh, why does it take you so long to realise the camera is off centre? It is almost comical for the film to have a black storyboard to serve as the narrator. It looks like someone holding a black cardboard in front of the camera. Because of the high level of ambient noise, when the black storyboard comes in, there is total silence. Then the ambient noise starts again when the film resumes. Believe me, this film is really very bad. Avoid! I don't know why people complain when the waves drown out the actor's speech. It's the perfect time to get some paper towels to clean up the blood spewing out of your eyes and ears.
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**** and i have been waiting to hear this one since i saw the trailer and now i’m sad because it is the only movie that has ever made it better and the soundtrack has always made it more entertaining and fun than any of my other films so i can’t say that it was a bad decision to make it out of it is the most enjoyable thing to me ever i hope it makes sense for me and the rest
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Amateurish, irritatingly gabby indie.
Bad movies can be a hoot, but rather than campy, Ameer appears to be dead serious; and it's hard to feel anything but fury toward a filmmaker whose opening title sequence intersperses black-and-white flashbacks of his sexy young lovers with actual concentration-camp photos of stacked, emaciated corpses.
Bare-bones vanity project.
The Singing Forest was written and directed by Jorge Ameer, whose film "Strippers" opened three years ago and remained the single worst movie I had ever reviewed -- until now.
The people who gave 10 to this sack of **** is wrong with you?Worst movie ever!I've no doubt about it,that's the **** movie have I ever seen in my life!...Both acting and story are **** disgrace!!! If you want to watch this movie,look to the trailer first...I'm sure you'll puke your guts!!!
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The worst movie of all time....... no doubt about it..........
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