Bel Canto

So slow and disappointing I couldn't stay focussed. Usually a huge fan of Julianne but not in this. Nothing much happens and she must have needed the money.

No redeeming features at all I'm afraid

The story for a second would look like based on a true story as they advertise it .. but through the events .. things tend to get dull and unnecessary overuse of hiped unrealistic romance /love story.

Julianne Moore didn't do well in here ,, even the imitation of the song sounded fake on her lips...

I have never heard of the book this movie is taken from !

It's such an unbelievable story you have to watch it to the end. And when it's all over your first question will be -- "What"?

It's like pulling tape off a tape dispenser and suddenly you hit the end of the role and you haven't finished your project. You still need more tape!

María Mercedes Coroy and Ryo Kase are certainly the shine in this movie!

Classical music meets terrorism, an interesting mix. Some of the scenes in this movie are just a shade bizarrre, at times the tension is quite good, particularly in the first half of the movie, but then the tension gets broken by these odd scenes. I think the movie tries to touch on some of the terrorists vulnerabilities and how such people end up with semi-automatic weapons in their hands. But it doesn't quite get there, I wish it had stuck to one genre and thrown all its energies into that area. At the end of the day, I preferred the tension and drama to the love scenes which I didn't find plausible. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the movie, I just feel that it never falls into the greatness category. My favourite quote from the movie "Are you sure they won't shoot, not everyone likes opera"

There appear to be a lot of "haters" because of what this movie is not about. What it is about is the relationships that develops between 2 groups, between terrorists and their captives (perhaps "Stockholm Syndrome"?). While the movie is not as good as the novel, it is very good.