Review of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) by Jj B — 24 Mar 2012
Set at a slow but relaxing pace (many scenes occur in a dark green dusk), Apichatpong's Canne's-winning film is full of magical and mundane happenings. In fact, it is the inter-mixture of the ordinary and the supernatural, seemingly unsurprising to characters in this NE Thailand setting, that is most striking and gives the film its surreal and playful quality.
Ostensibly the plot focuses on Uncle Boonmee's slow death from kidney failure but not everything fits easily into a linear narrative. If you enter prepared, you may see wonders.
This review of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) was written by Jj B on 24 Mar 2012.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives has generally received positive reviews.
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