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No two ways about it. I loved this movie. It's brilliantly unique and unlike anything currently out there. The film is about a Canadian woman who receives a letter from her Parisian aunt indicating that she needs help. She goes to rescue her and along the way is equal parts hindered and helped by a vagrant who she feels an attraction to.

What makes the film so great isn't the plot, which is relatively simple, but the slapstick nature of the film. It owes more to Charlie Chaplin, silent films, and clowning than to anything else, though it does incorporate sound and colour quite beautifully.

The film is pretty much guaranteed to bring a smile to your face. Highly recommend this one.

This is exactly the type of movie that you watch and seems so simple yet is done so well.

Columbus belongs to that rare breed of films like Lost in Translation and Oslo, August 31st that is both a character study and a study of a place in itself. In this film the place is Columbus, Indiana. A young woman who loves architecture resides in the city where she has decided to forego her studies in order to take care of her mother. She plans on attending a lecture from a visiting architect but he collapses and goes into a coma cancelling the lecture. Through coincidence she meets his son, in town to take care of his father, and from there these two lost souls begin to bond.

But Columbus is a film that doesn't really translate well into writing. It is a mood piece that should be experienced rather than talked about.

First time director Kogonada really delivers, framing the architecture in ways which are still but not boring. John Cho finally has a film that matches his talent and he really delivers as a handsome meditative lead. Haley Lu Richardson is just wonderful and has an easy natural star quality about her.

Really enjoyed this film. Unlike most dance films it doesn't try to be silly or uplifting. Instead it's more akin to a moody indie film about a young woman who has been stifled all her life finally finding her voice.

The beats of the film will be familiar to anyone who has ever watched a dance film but the sincerity of the actors and the beautiful choreography makes this incredible to watch.