Ariel (1988)
5/10
An Unusual Film, With Characters That Are Inexplicably Deadpan, And Which Ultimately Failed To Entertain Me
21 May 2020
A very odd movie. None of the characters, not even the young boy, express emotion. Not joy, not sadness, not fear, not anger, nothing. Not even in the face of tragedy or life changing events. I have never encountered that in a movie and cannot account for it. It was like Stoicism ratcheted up to 10. But the real issue I had with the film was its brisk narrative (the movie is a mere 72 minutes) and its low entertainment factor. It possesses a few humorous moments like when Mikkonen discovers how to put up the top on the convertible in his dying moments. But overall it was a disappointment, despite its art-house austerity. I was tempted to give it a 4/10 but settled on a 5. The extra point was for its weird, but fascinating no emotion thing.
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