Wordsmith

A funny movie, about the lives and mishaps of two couples and their children. A parallel could be drawn with princess Diana, but if you don't know all about that, this movie is as much enjoyable. There are quite some everyday events going on, but the love and forgiveness the 2 main characters have for each other is admirable for sure. Through thick and thin they find their way to stay together in these slices of life.

For me this movie gave a great peek into a part of the world to which I live close by, 'de Wadden'. I used to come to the Zeedijk (Sea Front) quite often when I was young, but never knew there was so much going on behind the Dykes.

Like I said, this movies gives us an intimate peek into the tides of the Wadden Sea and what the changing of the tides brings. Great time lapses I have never seen before and animals both below and above sea level were brought to us visually and audibly as never before in all their beauty. Nevertheless, I did not completely understand the *silence* in the movies title, as there were quite some upsetting images among most of the beauty and amazement the movie had to offer us.

Personally I could do without the cruelty that was shown and had expected more of a connection between one image and another, like a thread weaving all the separate images together if you will. It seemed to me more a summary of all that goes on and can be observed in this region, not much more.

Somehow I hoped for more of a connecting element or something, which is why I only give it 7 out of 10 stars.

Although engaging in a way, it misses something. It feels like a half-hearted christmas story, that is totally predictable and all and sure it's about family values and such. But it left me wondering, what am I missing...? Hence the half-hearted rating.