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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

2010
Comedy, Drama
1h 54m
On his deathbed, Uncle Boonmee, recalls his many past lives.

Directed by:

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Screenwriter:

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Starring:

Sakda Kaewbuadee, Jenjira Pongpas, Thanapat Saisaymar, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk, Geerasak Kulhong, Wallapa Mongkolprasert

Genres:

Comedy, Drama, Mystery

AKA:

Loong Boonmee raleuk chat

Countries:

France, Germany, Thailand, UK

Languages:

French, Thai, Lao
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

2010
Comedy, Drama
1h 54m
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kasperlKasperL
Rated 17 Apr 2011
20
4th
I actively hated the parts that I was able to stay awake for.
Rated 17 Apr 2011
tinysausagetinysausage
Rated 13 Feb 2011
83
91st
It's not often that we see magic, but here it is. I haven't felt the same sense of strange wonder since 'Spirited Away'. The characters acceptance of all these strange (to us) events helps carry us through this mesmerising journey. I have yet to see another film that so perfectly captures the spirit of Thailand.
Rated 13 Feb 2011
sirrobbieSirRobbie
Rated 30 Jan 2011
60
24th
Interesting? - Yes, good photography? - Yes, Do I understand the movie? - No!! I am afraid that another look at it won't help me...
Rated 30 Jan 2011
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 23 Dec 2010
95
98th
One of the most unpredictable films I've ever seen, constantly surprising you, and yet never relies on "weird for the sake of being weird" gimmicks to keep you on your toes. It all feels organic, and the atmosphere of the film -- the gorgeous imagery and evocative sounds -- envelops you in an almost hypnotic sense. I was utterly transfixed, fascinated by the strange rhythms and events, unable to look away as I attempted to piece it together. A beautiful, magical, humorous and touching film.
Rated 23 Dec 2010
fredericg54frederic_g54
Rated 10 Sep 2010
8
78th
A contemporary work of art about life, death and cherished memories with a yearning for a past only seldom hinted at. The imagery is striking, at times disturbingly breathtaking. It's only after you have left the theater and reenter the world of mindless conformism that you realise how profoundly this film has reached your heart.
Rated 10 Sep 2010
dardandardan
Rated 08 Aug 2016
97
99th
How to deal with the trauma of mass death, of the massacring of communists, of indirect filicide? Uncle Boonmee's many past lives - the structures out of which he came forth - reveal, as does the disquieting son's composure and story, backed by his slaughtered brethren, as if haunting memories have come to embrace him, will continue on, like 'he' will, and integrate into something new. An immensely powerful look, rich in references (e.g. Blow-up), at silence.
Rated 08 Aug 2016
jonnykungfujonnykungfu
Rated 15 Aug 2011
85
86th
A subtle, strange, dream-like experience that will draw you in if you relax and let it get under your skin. Some seriously fantastic imagery (the creatures, the catfish sequence, the caves). The pacing is very slow, which adds to the dreamy feel of the imagery and story.
Rated 15 Aug 2011
lrampartllrampartl
Rated 07 May 2011
9
1st
What a waste of film. There are long stretches of the film's characters doing things like bathing, watching TV, working on a farm, walking, carrying things, driving, and so on. I felt like I picked up on a lot of the themes being presented, but it was presented so poorly. A lot of people walked out of the theater, and absolutely no one clapped (most people clap for the films at the festival I saw this at). A lot of scenes just happen, with no connection or segue, and you're left stranded. Bah.
Rated 07 May 2011
karamazovkaramazov.
Rated 07 Jul 2014
67
88th
A beautiful film, where (I think) it seems like sociopolitical allegory is almost entirely incidental, and its real concerns are deeply personal and ontological. Apichatpong Weerasethakul: "When you make a film about recollection and death, you realise that cinema is also facing death. "Uncle Boonmee" is one of the last pictures shot on film -- now everybody shoots digital. It's my own little lamentation..."
Rated 07 Jul 2014
bakcheiabakcheia
Rated 31 Dec 2013
98
96th
I found this to be very similar to Akira Kurosawa's "Dreams" in many ways, whether it be: the non-linear story telling, the constant themes relating to morality, and the absolutely stunning imagery. While I found this film to be a more challenging watch than "Dreams", I think this film warrants attention as a densely symbolic and highly creative tale. It takes a bit to gain its footing in the beginning, but once the dinner scene occurs everything clicks and the experience is beautiful.
Rated 31 Dec 2013
paulofilmopaulofilmo
Rated 24 Jan 2013
73
85th
Yay rhythmic! Or like sympathetic strings, I keep expecting Joe to hit this perfect all-reverberating note and the world just goes "pop" and disappears. Gets pretty close with the light just sort of sleeping and luxuriating on all the trees and pink tan skins 'till dusk with chirps and curious mesmeric sound design that makes small things seem all consuming, all containing.
Rated 24 Jan 2013
mentaculusMentaculus
Rated 09 Aug 2011
93
93rd
With surprising simplicity, Weerasethakul reaches for - and achieves - a kind of manifesto on contemporary spirituality, with some fasinating answers. Boonmee's bizarre journey into the liminal space between the Here and After is arresting because of a tone simultaneously dense and ethereal, baffling and illuminating - and often, the characters do pretty much nothing. (Or, perhaps, everything: Even a dank cave, in the right light, can double for a starry sky.)
Rated 09 Aug 2011
filmfreak88filmfreak88
Rated 17 Apr 2011
50
27th
I didn't get it. Whatever imagery or symbolism this film has was mostly lost on me. Well made, though.
Rated 17 Apr 2011
djrossdjross
Rated 10 Apr 2011
60
63rd
Seems to be utilising or inventing a cinematic language unfamiliar to Western cinema-goers, and to be conveying a rather animistic idea of nature equally unfamiliar. At the same time, there are political and allegorical aspects that seem to presume a fair degree of local knowledge. More than anything, a reflection on mortality, where this is not quite the opposite of immortality. Sound design helped; 16mm less so. My feeling is there is something genuine going on, but not entirely successfully.
Rated 10 Apr 2011
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 18 Mar 2011
84
77th
Very beautiful and lyrical, though a bit too confusing to hit my top tier. Even so, it was gripping all the way through with great imagery and real humanity.
Rated 18 Mar 2011
stainStain
Rated 06 Mar 2011
0
8th
Highly silly and boring
Rated 06 Mar 2011
ramiroRamiro
Rated 18 Feb 2011
50
2nd
i can't see any qualities in this film.
Rated 18 Feb 2011
obdurateObdurate
Rated 26 Dec 2010
90
91st
It's not quite as good as Tropical Malady but very few films are. This is good enough to be in my Faves List, though. The imagery is beautiful of course and I love how Weerasethakul always makes the surroundings characters. This is an odd film, and it's filmed in a few different ways which makes it interesting. It's confusing and slow, but awesome.
Rated 26 Dec 2010
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 23 May 2022
45
46th
worth a watch
Rated 23 May 2022
syntheseizurSyntheseizur
Rated 15 Jul 2017
77
51st
Weerasethakul embraces natural beauty as much as possible: gorgeous jungle landscapes are shot with a static camera, dialogue is pared down to essential sentiments, and the only soundtrack is the bustle of insects and other wildlife. By constantly reminding us of the earthly world, we're asked to connect it with our spiritual selves, reflected again in the motifs of karma and reincarnation. It's a delicate film with even more delicate sentiments about family, grief, and transformation.
Rated 15 Jul 2017
backwardsuitbackwardsuit
Rated 08 Jan 2016
88
95th
Hypnoric, enigmatic, familiar, sleep-inducing, fantastical, naturalistic, absurd, naive, political, personal, direct, subtle, metaphysical, profane, impossible to describe really. A very engaging and uplifting film about memory, trauma & death (among other things) that shatters many conventions and expectations. Calling the perspective of this film buddhist feels like a massive oversimplification.
Rated 08 Jan 2016
rufamRufam
Rated 23 Sep 2013
45
9th
Gorgeously filmed, slow and peculiar. But also pretentious, opaque, dull and alienating.
Rated 23 Sep 2013
guaporenseGuaporense
Rated 15 Sep 2013
43
14th
One of the bad art films. The dudes at the cannes are really desperate since they give the highest honors to any mediocre art film that shows up.
Rated 15 Sep 2013
eldarzachEldarZach
Rated 19 Apr 2013
41
4th
For the first 3/4 of the movie, think a David Lynch but Thai and 2010 and you're not far off. The ending went from bad to worse. WHY do we need to watch some guy shower for like five minutes!?!?! Shots are WAY too long throughout, no real plot. Went from dozing off to straight WTF?? moments in about 5 seconds flat a couple times. Many references you probably need to be intimately familiar with Thai culture/history to understand, such as the military guys, no idea wtf that came from...
Rated 19 Apr 2013
elmakebabielmakebabi
Rated 05 Jun 2012
0
0th
What an uninteresting way to tell a story(!). I recommend it to insomniacs. I mean, Yasujiro Ozu's films look like Hollywood's action flicks considered to this one! I don't have any problem with slow paced movies but this is profoundly pointless! Sometimes I give these kind of movies a second chance however I could only give half more chance. So after seeing 1.5 times my score remains same. (My PSI was 75, a huge disappointment for me. IMDB rating seems more legit though!)
Rated 05 Jun 2012
katieevanskatieevans
Rated 24 Mar 2012
75
56th
i mean... the catfish though.
Rated 24 Mar 2012
icarusIcarus
Rated 16 Mar 2012
82
69th
A visually rich and evocative portrait of a man nearing death. The film plays out in dreamlike fashion, the connections between one scene and the next often obscure. The sometimes fantastical events that unfold within scenes are handled matter of factly, as if the worlds of the living and the dead are in much closer contact than our normal experience would affirm.
Rated 16 Mar 2012
anomalyAnomaly
Rated 09 Nov 2011
82
79th
Defies words and explanations, certainly a unique and oblique work of cinema. It is very much tied to the experiences of living in Thailand to the point where I feel I can't understand it all, but the overarching themes on the past and cinema itself are very relatable. The visuals are breathtaking, the surrealist segments captivating, even if it wasn't really what I was expecting.
Rated 09 Nov 2011
veeqdeeveeqdee
Rated 05 Jul 2011
30
4th
That was weird.
Rated 05 Jul 2011
maM_A
Rated 22 Feb 2011
95
99th
Uncle Boonmee's experiences as a metaphor of Thailand's history are deftly and subtly handled. A memorable, if not exhausting, experience.
Rated 22 Feb 2011
krf7krf7
Rated 29 Dec 2010
50
26th
It's.....unique? That's about as far as I'll go.
Rated 29 Dec 2010
carsonwidCarsonWid
Rated 29 Dec 2010
50
22nd
What.
Rated 29 Dec 2010
astrakhanastrakhan
Rated 27 Nov 2010
74
33rd
Very strange film. I confess I didn't really understand any part of it, but then it didn't help falling asleep for 45 minutes.
Rated 27 Nov 2010
keekdahlKeekdahl
Rated 23 Mar 2024
83
83rd
This film offers a meditative experience with its slow pace and mostly static camera, creating space for reflection. Its minimalist cinematography highlights the natural beauty of nature in general and specifically Thailand and complements the story’s magical realism. Themes of death and rebirth are explored originally, and the actors’ passive performances give way to the film’s own expression. A thought-provoking exploration of life’s complexity and mystique.
Rated 23 Mar 2024
jpfergusonJPFerguson
Rated 30 Dec 2023
80
89th
I don't like this film as much as most seem to, but it does contain my favourite portrayal of ghosts in any movie that I've seen to date, and it does generate an atmosphere that seems to be unique to this particular film (but admittedly I am yet to see any other films by Weerasethakul).
Rated 30 Dec 2023
shockularSHOCKULAR
Rated 11 Dec 2023
58
18th
As has been my experience with Weerasethakul, I can see he's super talented but unfortunately his movies just don't do a ton for me. They are so slow, and unlike, say, Bela Tarr, who is similarly slow, they don't really have a hypnotic feel to them. Some interesting ideas and, as usual from him, beautifully made, but there are so many mundane scenes that just go on forever. Like we just don't need two full minutes of a person taking a shower.
Rated 11 Dec 2023
sproostsproost
Rated 29 Sep 2023
60
44th
I really love Memoria and i wanted to like this, and i did the first 10 minutes, but i just kept falling asleep to the soothing sounds and thai mumblings and complete lack of narrative. This is quite positively the most boring film i've ever been present at and i give it some credit for that, unironically. I'm currently probably not smart enough to understand this film but maybe i will learn..
Rated 29 Sep 2023
beneBene
Rated 18 Aug 2023
80
80th
Very much unlike anything else I’ve ever seen before or since
Rated 18 Aug 2023
hotsakehotsake
Rated 30 May 2023
52
38th
The movie was visually appealing but the story didn't really do anything for me.
Rated 30 May 2023
doyler29doyler29
Rated 29 May 2023
100
96th
I think it's a brilliant and beautiful film that both makes perfect sense and is also about things completely unfathomable to me. It's so gentle and laid back as to be positively soothing, and has an incredible sense of the supernatural as something completely ordinary and matter of fact. It's also exquisitely shot.
Rated 29 May 2023
bownBown
Rated 06 Feb 2023
86
79th
As is to be expected with a Joe joint at this point, I know I’ve barely scratched the surface with one viewing, but the mix of low-key surrealism and wry humour and so many intertwined themes is potent and beautiful.
Rated 06 Feb 2023
drtfx7drtfx7
Rated 04 Jun 2021
70
66th
I so wanted to connect with the movie but, ultimatley I couldn't. I love the surreal style and the trivial portrayal of mystical elements. I love the fading boundary between human snd nature. However, the long yet beautiful shots are painfull and seldom rewarding. The movie walks on a thin line between genius and nonsense and I am afraid I am not convinced or smitten enough to declare it a masterpiece.
Rated 04 Jun 2021
ottott
Rated 03 Feb 2021
85
87th
very much beaucoup
Rated 03 Feb 2021
nathanbatesNathanBates
Rated 13 Oct 2020
60
35th
Definitely a "mood" movie. The plot starts to fade away around the time our protagonist's dead wife shows up for supper, followed by a long-lost son, who first looks like Bigfoot with Jawa eyes. Some beautiful scenery and the stark characters were interesting enough. There's something about a horny catfish, too, but sometimes these heavy-duty artsy films just go way past me.
Rated 13 Oct 2020
judo_koalaJudo Koala
Rated 04 Oct 2020
45
9th
I generally consider myself a fan of Weerasethakul's work, but I just could not at all give a shit about a single frame of this goofy ghost story.
Rated 04 Oct 2020
nargNarg
Rated 23 Jul 2020
87
91st
An extremely gentle experience where the supernatural and the mundane exist side by side in the days before the death of Boonmee. Eating fresh honey and the appearance of red eyed ghost monkeys are on an equal playing field. We are invited into a world where caves that glint like the night sky and neon lit restaurants are equally strange and maybe transcendent.
Rated 23 Jul 2020
bobbynervesbobbynerves
Rated 11 Jun 2020
95
75th
95
Rated 11 Jun 2020
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 22 May 2020
89
85th
Tio Boonmee, Que Pode Recordar Suas Vidas Passadas estreava há dez anos no Festival de Cannes. Lembro exatamente do dia em que ganhou a Palma de Ouro, era dia da final de Lost, hahahaha. É de fato um belo filme, o modo como lida com o fantástico é extraordinário, mas tem pelo menos dois filmes daquele ano em Cannes que eu gostei mais do que esse: os do Kiarostami e do Lee Chang-dong. BlurayRip no MakingOff.
Rated 22 May 2020
yms_adumYMS (Adum)
Rated 16 Jan 2020
40
18th
Picture this: you download some pictures of Thai forests and caves from National Geographic. You then download "Forest Sounds Vol. 2". You play a slide-show of these pictures whilst listening to the ominous and atmospheric sounds of the jungle. After about 10 minutes, you stop what you're doing and sit in a corner for an hour and a half. Then, you go back to your slide-show and sound effects for another 10 minutes. This is the movie in a nutshell. The majority of the movie was filler. Garbage.
Rated 16 Jan 2020
biftekbiftek
Rated 26 Jan 2019
60
29th
Wtfffffff
Rated 26 Jan 2019
apovoncrierApovoncrier
Rated 09 Nov 2018
92
98th
Özür dilerim apichatpong bey
Rated 09 Nov 2018
denizgdenizg
Rated 10 Sep 2016
78
61st
tekrar
Rated 10 Sep 2016
cinegeekdecinegeek.de
Rated 05 Jun 2016
88
75th
Und was wäre, wenn unsere Identität für alle Zeit existiert und sich gelegentlich an der Oberfläche des Lebens zeigt? In dem Moment, da wir uns dem bewusst werden, verliefe das Leben ohne zeitliche Begrenzung. Gibt es nicht diesen Gedanken, dass wir den Himmel als Kinder noch kannten? Wenn wir also älter werden und dem Tode näher, empfangen wir sie wieder, die Grüsse der anderen Seite. Diese Möglichkeitet bietet Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives an.(...)
Rated 05 Jun 2016
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 06 Mar 2016
58
48th
Some nice natural locations in Thailand, and Weerasethakul elicits naturalistic performances from the cast even while concocting a rather trippy plot, but I cannot say I understood this enough to get much else from it.
Rated 06 Mar 2016
francogonzoFrancoGonzo
Rated 18 Feb 2016
16
89th
Star Rating: ★★★★1/2
Rated 18 Feb 2016
tommyleazaqtommy_leazaq
Rated 15 Aug 2015
57
42nd
Note to self for later research: Laoist civil war. Boonmee as Thailand. Boonmee's dream = govt oppression of past atrocities. Climax, modernity and current generation mentality. Neons invaded temples too. Monastry is compulsory but youths now don't take it up seriously. Tong is complete contrast to Boonmee.
Rated 15 Aug 2015
ratedarghratedargh
Rated 02 May 2015
80
65th
A curious, and somewhat impenetrable film. The hypnotic element to it is interesting as it relies more on serene sounds and images than any kind of expository plot delivery. A film of moods instead of events. It really can't be classified, and the sentence-long summary is hilariously inadequate, but I'm not sure how you could write a satisfactory one. It's a movie to be seen. Some will absolutely hate it while it will enchant others. I fall more on the latter side, and am slowly loving it more.
Rated 02 May 2015
johnsandwichJohnSandwich
Rated 04 Jan 2015
85
90th
Very peculiar and beautiful. The princess scene is amazing. I liked it a lot.
Rated 04 Jan 2015
lisa_iilisa-
Rated 11 Jul 2014
6
83rd
this immensely spiritual reflection on family, mortality and love is nothing if not a mysterious enigma, and has a dash of political allegory too. i'm rather irritated my concentration levels were so low, my mind wandering from random ethical dilemmas to how i am to change my scoring system on criticker. i'm confident this had nothing to do with the film's slow pace, though i am unsure about several parts here, particularly the ending.
Rated 11 Jul 2014
jimmisJimmis
Rated 30 May 2014
60
27th
A little difficult to follow, and very slow.
Rated 30 May 2014
gokcanzgokcanz
Rated 29 Aug 2013
25
5th
* Casting, Acting : 3 * Script : 2.5 * Directing, Aura : 4 * Ease of Viewing : 1 * Naked Eye : 2
Rated 29 Aug 2013
mandymandy
Rated 23 Aug 2013
5
18th
Unusual and confusing, I felt that there was a lot of significance to the imagery and storytelling but it was beyond my understanding/experience.I may revisit in another life.
Rated 23 Aug 2013
nepetaNepeta
Rated 17 Jan 2013
90
90th
I'm rather struggling for words with it, but I will say it is a magical and powerful experience, it's often confounding but is all the better for it, it captures that sort of serene beauty Joe excels at, and I'm fairly certain it will grow on me over time and with repeat viewings.
Rated 17 Jan 2013
hamstercanhamstercan
Rated 12 Jan 2013
55
35th
Seemed like random images, it was beyond me
Rated 12 Jan 2013
svengaliSvengali
Rated 17 Aug 2012
86
96th
Wow.
Rated 17 Aug 2012
closefriendCloseFriend
Rated 09 Jul 2012
69
49th
A strange, haunting, and inscrutable film. It has some amazing photography of Thailand's Nakhon Phanom Province and it uses magical realism very well. I couldn't get used to the mundane scenes woven in with far more fantastic ones, all paced very, very slowly. I'd still recommend that anyone see it at least once.
Rated 09 Jul 2012
jaakubjaakub
Rated 05 Apr 2012
55
33rd
It wasn't bad, but I can't remember a thing of it although I saw it quite recently (six moths ago?). So somehow not my movie.
Rated 05 Apr 2012
stevekimesstevekimes
Rated 02 Apr 2012
80
47th
Provocative, but confusing.
Rated 02 Apr 2012
axleblazeaxleblaze
Rated 12 Mar 2012
90
77th
I'm still not quite sure what I watched, but it was pretty cool.
Rated 12 Mar 2012
cwcccwcc
Rated 13 Feb 2012
85
20th
mysterious and funny, spooky and insightful
Rated 13 Feb 2012
graveyardtangraveyardtan
Rated 10 Jan 2012
80
57th
My ignorance about both Thailand and Buddhism certainly hindered my enjoyment of this extremely slow paced film, though there is a lot of beauty in it as well, especially in the finale.
Rated 10 Jan 2012
staryarabbistaryarabbi
Rated 30 Dec 2011
90
93rd
one of a kind.
Rated 30 Dec 2011
sebbysebby
Rated 25 Oct 2011
75
84th
Gripping and beautiful from the start. Not sure why so many people find this boring.
Rated 25 Oct 2011
roofsrunnerroofs_runner
Rated 17 Aug 2011
55
19th
Despite all the imagery beauty, it was difficult to follow. It is also filled with cultural and symbolic meanings which remained esoteric for me.
Rated 17 Aug 2011
parcalihamparcaliham
Rated 24 Jul 2011
100
99th
12 ekim 10, filmekimi10, atlas, 19:00, yonetmenin izledigim ilk filmi & ruya gibi. belki de uzakdogu (tayland) kulturune oldukca uzak oldugum icin yabanci kaldigim noktalar oldu. belki de film magarada (ana rahminde) bitseydi, daha anlasilir olabilirdi. mukemmel bir yonetmenlik var, tamamen farkli bir tarz, farkli bir sinema- alisilmisin cok disinda. (belki de sinemada anlamaktan cok hissetmek onemlidir) / 24 temmuz 11, sabaha karsi. filmi ikinci kez izleyince yonetmenin onunde secde ediyorum.
Rated 24 Jul 2011
hulothulot
Rated 22 Jul 2011
100
96th
watched: 2011, 2013, 2021
Rated 22 Jul 2011
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 20 Jul 2011
82
88th
Enigmatic and often mesmerizing, Boonmee is filmmaking at its purest state.
Rated 20 Jul 2011
actionbergActionberg
Rated 19 Jul 2011
80
71st
It's hard to conceptualize my reaction; either it's such a defiantly mystical work that I don't stand a chance of understanding anything or there's merely a wealth of Thai culture and perception that I'm completely in the dark about (the latter is more likely). Still, I can't say I was bored, what with ghost monkeys and a princess parable flying around the thing. To be any more literal than it was (which is to say not very much) would have been detrimental to its effect.
Rated 19 Jul 2011
aceysaid10AceySaid10%
Rated 28 Jun 2011
80
49th
Pretty slow, but an interesting movie nonetheless. Great cinematography.
Rated 28 Jun 2011
kercKerc
Rated 12 May 2011
18
23rd
The scene I'll remember is boonmee's dead wife draining fluid from him in the cave and it starts flowing towards his nephew and the nephew looks like he's about to flinch and move away from the flow if it gets any closer.
Rated 12 May 2011
gam01gam01
Rated 04 Apr 2011
93
98th
Mysticism.
Rated 04 Apr 2011
jakeaestheteJakeAesthete
Rated 27 Mar 2011
52
49th
I can't quite decide if this is Joe's best or not (i might just have to still go with Tropical Malady just because he seems like the kind of director who's first exposure you get to their work will always seem the best/freshest), but either way it does feel like a near perfect encapsulation of everything he has done so far, so in that sense it seems like the Definitive Joe film.
Rated 27 Mar 2011
armondwhiteArmondWhite
Rated 05 Mar 2011
1
0th
Weerasethakul is, in fact, the blandest of visionaries. His picturesque images lack the intensity found in the great folkloric artist-filmmaker Julián Hernández.
Rated 05 Mar 2011
cinesexualcinesexual
Rated 20 Feb 2011
89
89th
Even more lush and mysterious than Tropical Malady and a lot more coherent than Blissfully Yours -- large swaths of which I found unwatchable -- Uncle Boonmee displays a confident young director approaching mastery. Every shot is so carefully composed and matched to the next that watching the film is like turning the pages of a handmade, artist's picture-book. Sure, some of the pages are missing and it's in a barely familiar (visual) language, but all that just deepens the engagement.
Rated 20 Feb 2011
burkayadaligburkayadalig
Rated 06 Feb 2011
88
84th
wonderful imagery and storytelling...use of hypnotic-strong sound is impressive, its such a powerful movie... `princess at the pond` scene is breathtaking. So refreshing after all the hollywood shit we`re constantly bombarded with...
Rated 06 Feb 2011
buttercupbuttercup
Rated 06 Feb 2011
7
60th
huff. this might be one of the hardest films ever to rate. tough it was intense and touching, it was also quite confusing and slow at times, and i didn't feel much connected to it probably because i'm too distant to the background and thai culture. but still, it was totally a different experience. maybe i should see it one more time with a different point of view.
Rated 06 Feb 2011
evolutionEvolution
Rated 26 Dec 2010
74
48th
I'll have to watch this again as I feel like I missed its meaning, but my initial reaction was of dissapointment.
Rated 26 Dec 2010
slantmagSlantMag
Rated 28 Nov 2010
30
78th
"Throughout Uncle Boonmee, Weerasethakul sees weirdness and wonder in the mundane, from the taste of tea to a daylight stroll across a field alive with the buzz of honeybees." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 28 Nov 2010
coheedCoheed
Rated 22 Nov 2010
100
97th
Mesmerising.
Rated 22 Nov 2010

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