The Place of No Words

I love poetry. I love thinking and having a little bit of room to explore thoughts and ideas. That may very well help explain my appreciation for this film.

The first five minutes or so turned me off. Because I didn't understand. But I settled in and relaxed into it. I was treated to a trip of magical adventure supported by the observation of the ordinary world. I was in.

Very much not an ordinary linear film, there were moments that confused me, but then it became all too clear and beautifully executed.

I loved the characters in the movie. I loved the story. I was impressed with the persistent ability to surprise me and go beyond my expectations. Lovely little poem of a film.

Very unusual film that at first I thought might be too 'New Age' but turned out to be a moving, gentle and philosophical representation of a loving family (as it happens, played by a real-life mother, father and child) coping with impending death. 5-year-old Bhodi (character name and real name) is an entrancing actor, and I just found the whole film to be very calming. It deals with impending death without become maudlin or self-pitying and is a great antidote to the wham-bam trash that pass themselves off as films nowadays.

For whom don't have kids, you won't enjoy. I feel it's no where forward but backward of this movie. It's unique kind is true but just don't enjoy.

The scenery is really beautiful, but the film does not make sense at all. I don't know what those monsters and robots are doing int he film. The non linear timeline does not help either. I had to try super hard to stay awake.

It is a beautiful deep philosophical movie about the acceptance of the death by child imagination. It's a simple fairy tale about internal adventure behind our fears through love