Review of Werckmeister Harmonies (2001) by Ultimagabe — 14 Jul 2022

Anything this movie has to say about humanity could have been said in one-tenth the time while also being said ten times better. Tell me, was there a reason we needed three solid minutes of children refusing to go to bed? Or why the scene of Janos and his uncle walking down the street needed a two-minute silence in the middle of it? Did the director think I wouldn't understand how Janos managed to get a bowl of hot soup if they didn't show me every step of the cooking and plating process?

This film is pretentious, self-gratifying drivel, and whoever made it clearly has no respect for anybody's time.