After watching the movie ,which I definitely enjoyed,I hope there will soon be some kind of a guide to the movie... Where the movie pretends to be open for interpretation I rather feel that quiet interesting but negligible aspects of the story were cut out in the editing room so it doesn't get much longer than 2 hours...my behind is definitely grateful... Yet for the sake of my curiosity I would have liked to know if Nejat's father ever comes back from his fishing trip(i guess not because of the title of the last chapter but who knows). At least they could have shown an empty boat passing by... And if Nejat and Ayten ever meet or will Ayten be gone before he comes back to Istanbul? What would Ayten's reaction be to meeting the son of her mom's murderer ?? Will Ayten ever find out about what happened to her mom at all? And what will happen to Charlotte's mom? ...I mean I don't expect to know what happens to all the characters until their burial but I definitely feel at times the story lacks a little drift in a certain direction. At the end of the movie I really thought the book Nejat gives to his father will be some kind of guide to reflect the movie especially the end but as a matter of fact the book has nothing to do with the movie. . To me the recurrent theme is not that convincing, you know this "person a meets person b who is friends with person c which then meets person a without knowing person a and b know each other and so forth... i mean come on...that was not thaaat deeep...it's all dialectic plus the old "everyone knows someone who knows someone who knows Kevin Bacon-story"... The basic idea of accidental occurrences and their consequences is definitely not thaaat original but the script is still well-made and imho the movie has a soul which leads us to the next aspect. The strengths of the movie are the characters themselves,they feel authentic,you can INSTANTLY connect to them,the acting is very well with some acceptions where the dialogues seem a little like they had to be shot in a hurry. The actors do a brilliant job,just like we are used to it in Faith's movies. Thumbs up for the casting executive! in the end, Faith is THE man, don't ask me why,probably because even his "not-so-fabulous" movies are enjoyable. I really like the guy,and I am sure his best movie is yet to come...
Review of The Edge of Heaven
