Review of The Cuckoo (2002) by Adam A — 27 Jan 2006
[font='Times New Roman'][font=Verdana][size=2][color=black]This was an interesting film, but there was not much to it. It had a very good premise, but there was just not enough follow through. At its heart the film is a statement that war is bad and that we are all alike and should not be out there killing each other.
There was just nothing new here to explore. I found it interesting that three people came together under harsh circumstances and could not speak to one another. All three spoke different languages and could not speak to each other, but it seemed like sometimes they did understand one another and I never understood that part of the plot.
I did think that the actors did a good job and were interesting, but we did not explore much of the characters or have much depth to them. One problem that I had with the film was how it was hard to follow in some places because I did not know who was saying what.
I don?t speak the languages in the film and reading the subtitles in a couple of places was hard because they were not separated out well. It was hard to know exactly which character was saying what and which character was responding.
It ran together some. My biggest problem with the film was its ending. It just did not felt right to me. I am not someone who has to have a ?Hollywood? Happily Ever After ending, but I just did not feel that this ending was really right for the characters.
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This review of The Cuckoo (2002) was written by Adam A on 27 Jan 2006.
The Cuckoo has generally received very positive reviews.
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