Bihter: A Forbidden Passion

Unsuccessful writer Merve Göntem did not surprise again...

The movie is well below expectations, full of disappointments.

Player choices are terrible.

Every scene is cringe.

The only thing I like about the movie is the touches of the art director...

About this movie, Beren Saat and F. Zeynep have often come across Zeynep's acting in the role of 'Bihter' being compared, but this is complete nonsense. Farah cannot be successful in any role but in this role, she proved that especially with this movie.

Boran Kuzum's and Farah's bad acting made our eyes bleed...

I think Amazon Prime should invest more in movies and end its agreement with Farah urgently, otherwise we will watch a lot of bad movies like this.

During 2 hours, from the first scene to the last (which was a dreadful ending!), i thought i was watching a parody movie like "Scary Movie" or something. Even though the cast was consisted of adequately successful actors and actresses, every single acting in the movie was outstandingly bad. The directing, scenerio, production design, the scores (i mean the whole parts that compose a movie) were also awful. Maybe the costumes might not have been so bad but nobody could understand which era they reflect.

The original book "Forbidden Love" was well produced in two separate TV series -early 2000s and in 1970s- which i highly recommend to be watched instead of this ironic(!) nonsense.

"Forbidden love" is a famous book written by Halid Ziya Usakligil. The book has many adaptation for cinema and tv. The most influencial adaptation was made as a tv series in 2008 and this movie (Forbidden love 2023) will be mainly compared with this series. When we consider the huge influence of Forbidden love 2008, it is almost impossible to criticize the movie without comparing it with the series. It is fair to say that Forbidden love 2008 is a beter adaptation of the book. Especially, the performance of the actors were worse. Even if we ignore the 2008 tv series, I dont think that none of actors performed a satisfactory performance except Farah Zeynep Abdullah. However, although she made a satisfactory performance unlike her collegues, she still could not reach the level of beren saat(Bihter in 2008 adaptation). As a resul, it is difficult to argue that the movie fulfills the expectations and satisfy its audience.

Just like the 1996 Romeo and Juliet you should not expect this one to follow the book by the letter. It has a nice, modern (very much "Fleabag" style) spin to it, keeps to the story and acting is okay, it's not a farce as some would claim.

While no other reviews have mentioned it, the soundtrack to the movie is quite good, music compliments nicely the scenes.

Cinematography is good too, nice camera angles and beautiful scenes.

Comparing to the 2008 series (which I haven't seen) might be unfair to this movie as it is a beautiful modern approach to a novel from the 19th century.

First review ever so be gentle.

As a crazed fan of the TV show, I watched this film with the lowest expectations, clear of any prejudice.

Sadly, the story telling and the need to tell the whole thing in a less-than-two-hours movie certainly was a poor choice, especially with Bihter constantly breaking the fourth wall (well, during the entire movie, almost) cheapens it all. I don't even mention the lack of detail in terms of the correct portrayal of the era, but I saw it as a conscious choice for the movie to look pleasant to internatinal viewers, rather than being factual.

Probably the only 'average' thing I could mention is cinematography. The rest is so sloppy, it was a total waste of my time. Plus, casting the very youthful Hande Ataizi for the role of Firdevs is just beyond my comprehension.