Review of Polytechnique (2009) by Michal N — 17 Mar 2010
I was put off by one of the very first things you see in this film, which is a statement in which the filmmakers hope to have their cake and eat it too. They claim it's "based on a true story" but they then disrespect the families by saying all characters have been fictionalized. We all know that far fewer people would have chosen to see this movie if it was titled "Bloody College" or something.
While I wasn't expecting a documentary, I was expecting something true to the facts. Now I'm left with the problem of figuring out whether anything in the film was true at all. Did we learn anything about the shooter? Did we learn anything about the victims? Did we learn anything about the responders? The answer is 'No'.
Having said that, it did contain some of the most intense shooting scenes I've seen in a film, but I was not impressed by the self-indulgent upside-down camera angles.
This review of Polytechnique (2009) was written by Michal N on 17 Mar 2010.
Polytechnique has generally received positive reviews.
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