This a movie that excels both content wise and theme wise. That's something that only real quality movies do. The directing and cinematographyb are excellent. The story and the acting are superb. Things We Lost In The Fire makes you understand and feel the pain of its characters, not just see it.
I've always been a big fan of Benicio Del Toro. True to form he is spectacular. However he outdoes himself. Arguably a better performance than Daniel Day Lewis for his award winning role in There Will Be Blood. Even Halle Berry, who I am not a fan of, was very good. She perfected the misty eyed so-close-to-tears-but-not-ready-to- cry look.
Susanne Bier does an exceptional job with the content. She works the scenes very well and it shows that she really knew how to guide her actors. Not just that, she has an eye for beauty and building on it to match theme to content.
Only three moves have ever made me cry. My Dog Skip because it's about a dog, Saving Private Ryan because I was extremely sick that day, and Cinema Paridiso because it is the most moving film ever made. Things We Lost In The Fire came thisclose to being number four. If I didn't have a reputation to uphold, it would have done it.
I've always been a big fan of Benicio Del Toro. True to form he is spectacular. However he outdoes himself. Arguably a better performance than Daniel Day Lewis for his award winning role in There Will Be Blood. Even Halle Berry, who I am not a fan of, was very good. She perfected the misty eyed so-close-to-tears-but-not-ready-to- cry look.
Susanne Bier does an exceptional job with the content. She works the scenes very well and it shows that she really knew how to guide her actors. Not just that, she has an eye for beauty and building on it to match theme to content.
Only three moves have ever made me cry. My Dog Skip because it's about a dog, Saving Private Ryan because I was extremely sick that day, and Cinema Paridiso because it is the most moving film ever made. Things We Lost In The Fire came thisclose to being number four. If I didn't have a reputation to uphold, it would have done it.