Severely overrated, this drama about a guy losing his brother and having to take care of his nephew turned out pretty disappointing. I expected emotional punch, but the film just did not touch me. This was down to several factors: the glacial pace made for a really boring watch. The characters were life-like, but unlikeable and seemed utterly unaffected by the death of their brother and father respectively. I guess the poor script was to blame for most of this, trying to come up with too much unnecessarily dramatic backstory. Everyone was just being super-tough and manly about their grief, which is not a contemporary depiction in my view. Men should be allowed more emotion in the media nowadays.
The acting was serviceable but not mind-blowing. The choppy editing and unimaginative, lazy soundtrack of sad arias did the rest to make this film not really appealing or engaging. In fact, I was bored before the first half was over. 2/5
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