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It is more theatre than movie, so if you like theatre, go to see it, you will enjoy it. It is deep, convoluted, but not too dark, great actors and great acting. Very humane and quite blasted rude sometimes. And gives a good picture of brutal times...
7/10
16.6.2009 -
macsik@ - age: 50+
What a great movie! I enjoyed every minute, and I particularly liked identifying the various Rembrant paintings referenced in so many shots during the action. Very clever, very interesting, beautifully filmed and wonderful 17th century dialogue and political historical references.
8/10
9.4.2009 -
penny,coupland@ - age: 50+
This is a film for lovers of cinema as art. The screen becomes a canvas that is painted with light and colour, so that it tries to reproduce the theme of Rembrandt's paintings rather than tell a conventional tale with a Hollywood plot, but the story that is told is rich with pathos, lust, love and suffering. It really is a must see if you have an interest in the history of art and in cinema as art.
9/10
7.4.2009 -
dmunro@ - age: 50+
Beautifully shot. The scenes are composed and lit like paintings -- more like Caravaggio and Vermeer than Rembrandt, in my opinion -- but interesting nonetheless. The acting and dialogue reminded me of a Shakespearean play, and sometimes the lighting and settings were very theatrical, like watching a stage play. But the whole thing just never came together. The characters were flat, it had no focus and some scenes were superfluous -- like it couldn't make it's mind up where it wanted to go. There was palpable relief in the theatre when the film ended. Definitely a renter.
5/10
9.3.2009 -
ehoepner@ - age: 36-49
Not much to say about this fanciful treatment pf the greatest master of the Dutch Golden Age. Martin Freeman evokes Tom Hulce's portrayal of genius in Amadeus -- ribald, earthy, scathing and drôle. But there the comparison ends. Peter Greenaway overplays his theatrical hand giving us a film with barely enough narrative to maintain interest, but with an undercurrent of courseness and vulgarity that makes one squirm. Nightwatching is not especially redeemed by the conspiracy theme, which hangs limply over the characters dripping innuendo more than menace. And it is not an easy film to watch, at times boring, and often pretentious, but Martin Freeman as Rembrandt does love voluptuously. And that is what we want in the portrayal of a great artist: passion and clarity of vision.
5/10
8.3.2009 -
iispiral@ - age: 50+
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About 40 mins too long, but a work of art worth its subject... much recommended...
8/10
8.3.2009 -
maxkmailbox-1@ - age: 26-35
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