fred_phil

Not since the ending scenes from Bridges of Madison County have I been so emotionally moved by a movie. I hope Eddie Murphy reads these reviews. A lot of rare 10/10 ratings and well deserved. This movie is about a growing young lady who finds decency and character in a cook who becomes part of the family. It's a joy to see her character develop as she grows and becomes a warm and compassionate person. Best movie I have seen in a long time. Eddie Murphy and Britt Robertson deserved awards instead of the usual junk Hollywood puts out.

Reading subtitles a must with this gem. Some English at times but Greek and whatever else. The people and stories jump around and before long you find Bourek a bore. A young man walking along the beach gets hit in the head with a rock and has amnesia. If that is the plot not much else makes sense after that.

I don't see why it got some good reviews. Maybe they are Europeans or associated with the film. I gave it 2 stars because of the blue Mediterranean.

A young man Michael becomes obsessed with an older woman, Hanna Schmitz. In return for lovemaking he reads the classics like Homer's Odessey to please her. One day she disappears and young Michael was devastated. His life destroyed so he buries himself in his books. His additive reading helped his education and law career. Over the years he became a avid book reader and collector.

The warm Hanna at the beginning of our story turns cold at times. She was illiterate and to put it bluntly, very dumb. She is publicly confronted with the horrors of her youth and sent to prison. Michael a law student was a shocked spectator at the trail.. A much older Michael records many books on cassette for her to play while in prison. Over the years she educates herself but the educated Hanna finds life unbearable living with the memory of her dark past. Michael went to the prison to get her on the day of her scheduled release.