Probably only suited for diehard arthouse movie fans, because however comical and fascinating this story starts out, it finishes on a bleak and depressing note...
The good: Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe.
More good: this movie slowly crept upon me, increasingly intensifying the feeling of unescapable isolation and destruction of the soul of this burglar (Willem Dafoe), who cant escape from a penthouse that was built as a bunker, to protect the many valuable art works.
The (potentially) bad: one needs to have the patience AND the stumach to be able to weather such a slowburning, bleak and very DEPRESSING story.
Bleak and depressing can have it's own beauty for sure, but it's probably only a small arthouse movie audience who are willing to experience such a claustrophobic depressing trip towards the destruction of the human soul...
The good: Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe.
More good: this movie slowly crept upon me, increasingly intensifying the feeling of unescapable isolation and destruction of the soul of this burglar (Willem Dafoe), who cant escape from a penthouse that was built as a bunker, to protect the many valuable art works.
The (potentially) bad: one needs to have the patience AND the stumach to be able to weather such a slowburning, bleak and very DEPRESSING story.
Bleak and depressing can have it's own beauty for sure, but it's probably only a small arthouse movie audience who are willing to experience such a claustrophobic depressing trip towards the destruction of the human soul...