krofkrof Review of 6 Years

6 Years (2015)

film did not arouse any empathy

[3/10 · 16 October 2019]

I could not feel for Mel or Dan the whole movie. Their 6 year long relationships was not believable. At some points it seemed like their two newly in love teenager who are too shy to act normal around each other. There also was no chance to feel with either Mel or Dan. The film didn't give me the chance. It was told more from the outside of the characters, more observing than feeling the inner thoughts. Also the acting was not that good. Both were touching their hair all the time. Once Mel stopped Dan started. Story was told way too fast. Once I started being a bit involved the film was over in that exact second. So you can say I liked the ending in a way. During the film there were no big up and downs. I missed that. It lost the suspense very fast.

Although I liked the way of giving her the part of being violent. It was not believable for her character and the way he portrayed it but still I liked the concept of switching the stereotypes. In other scenes they felt for the stereotypes very much. Story-wise and how the supporting roles behaved. If violence should have been the theme of the film it was too small in comparison. It would have been better it the theme went along all the film. Not necessarily shown in all scenes and the plot but still be discussed. It felt more like a small side topic which was mentioned parenthetically.

So all in all it needed to be more lively and it needed to give the audience a chance to get involved and feel with the couple or either Mel or Dan.