3/10
disjointed disappointment
20 April 2005
There is probably a great book behind this movie, because the epic sweep of the story is interesting, ranging from the 1920s in the Canadian north, through World War II, to a return to the north in the 1960s. However, the characters are so underdeveloped, the script so disjointed, and the motivations so vague that it is difficult to comprehend what they were trying to achieve in this film. Consequently, I can't recommend it. I'm not sure what the other reviewer saw in this film, but this is not a great love story, it's not even a good attempt at a love story. As an attempt to present a slice of history it is also a disappointment, so shallow and unrealistic in its portrayal of events like the Dresden bombing that you really don't understand the horror. It's almost as if the firebombing was done just because one British officer was dumped by a German girl before the war,
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