Review of Merry Christmas (2006) by Keng — 07 Apr 2006
Movie is haunting, sad, poignant, and beautifully done. I didn't find it a bit sappy. I should point out here that although christmas clearly plays a part here, movie doesn't come off as a celebration of christmas, or jesus, or christian values.
(and if it had, as a jewish agnostic, I likely would have been turned off) Rather, christmas comes off as the conviant excuse, that the soldiers on both sides could relate to, to stop the insanity. One of the sad parts here is knowing that as haunted and as traumatized as the soldiers on both sides are, this movies takes place in 1914.
WW 1 ended in 1918. These soldiers still had almost 4 years of war to go, and many of them would not make it.
This review of Merry Christmas (2006) was written by Keng on 07 Apr 2006.
Merry Christmas has generally received very positive reviews.
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