Review of Defiance (2008) by Charlottep — 12 Apr 2011
Somewhat manipulative but nonetheless quite engrossing film; it's based on such an incredible true story only astonishingly inept direction could have wrecked the premise, but there's plenty of that around, and this was pretty sensitively handled. I still have an involuntary antipathy towards adopted accents and there was a curious disconnect between the Russian which was subtitled (even when spoken by the leads) and the Polish which was rendered in silly, heavily accented English.
Daniel Craig was somewhat low key and based on this portrayal it became a matter of surprise that he was regarded as the de facto leader of the partisans.
All such films seem to be required by law to feature a mournful violin.
This review of Defiance (2008) was written by Charlottep on 12 Apr 2011.
Defiance has generally received positive reviews.
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