Beautiful cinematography, glorious landscape, remarkable set design and dressing, and acting that ranges from competent to outstanding should rate better than 5 stars.
Character development is weak, where it happens at all. The story is presented piecemeal, with several pieces left out of the mix entirely (i.e., why did the butcher and his wife suddenly despise the Captains wife?). By the time the unusual ending has come through, the soundtrack (blessedly brief discordant passages interspersed with plodding, pointless folk ballad (Why, asked the sky, where, asked the wind, who, asked the rain, when will it end, asked the listener) has annoyed the viewer enough that the lack of motivation for any character turns into simple relief that it's finally over, and you can quit wondering why anyone is acting the way they have been - you can just leave it behind.
Extra bonus points if you can find any character in the movie you'd want to spend 20 minutes with. You've just spent 104 minutes with them all, and you'll not get recompense.
Character development is weak, where it happens at all. The story is presented piecemeal, with several pieces left out of the mix entirely (i.e., why did the butcher and his wife suddenly despise the Captains wife?). By the time the unusual ending has come through, the soundtrack (blessedly brief discordant passages interspersed with plodding, pointless folk ballad (Why, asked the sky, where, asked the wind, who, asked the rain, when will it end, asked the listener) has annoyed the viewer enough that the lack of motivation for any character turns into simple relief that it's finally over, and you can quit wondering why anyone is acting the way they have been - you can just leave it behind.
Extra bonus points if you can find any character in the movie you'd want to spend 20 minutes with. You've just spent 104 minutes with them all, and you'll not get recompense.