Review of Seventeen Years (1999) by Andy O — 17 Sep 2009
There is a new channel on my parents sky plus called World Movies and it was on this channel I saw Seventeen Years.
Essentially Seventeen Years is one of the most simple movies I have ever seen.
I could quite easily record verbatim the happenings in the whole movie in one paragraph yet strangely this movie keeps the viewers attention from start to finish and it provides (one suspects) an accurate depiction of live in China.
The blurb for the movie talks about how 'Sibling rivalry leads to murder' this may be true but one feels this isn't the point of the movie, one believes that the point is how small actions in haste have big consequences.
Certainly a must for world movie fans I would recommend this movie if you wanted a simple interesting film, however its simplicity can also been a criticism as this gives the film very little value after being viewed once.
Verdict pleasant and endearing however by no means special or brilliant 3 stars.
This review of Seventeen Years (1999) was written by Andy O on 17 Sep 2009.
Seventeen Years has generally received positive reviews.
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