Wow was this film dragged out. The slow pace made the 101 min runtime feel like 3+ hours. There was too much filler for such a simple story, that 70% of this film should have been left on the cutting room floor.
Labeling this a comedy was also a fail. When I saw the first score at the start as a band, it was funny, but then every 10 minutes - for at least 2 minutes throughout the entire film, was unbearable, annoying, and not funny. The only chuckle I had was the tourist - that was funny.
There were many more unnecessary (e.g. choir) or overly dragged out scenes. It makes it very apparent that the writer and director's prior experience was primarily in short films, and just added filler to a short story of substance to call it a full length feature film.
The best part of the story was the ending. The casting was excellent and all performed quite well. The cinematography and location shots were breathtaking and outstanding.
Sadly it's only a 5/10 from me, all going towards the cinematography and casting. I'm sure I would have rated this much higher if it was condensed to a 20-30 min short, or at most a 45 min TV show length.
Labeling this a comedy was also a fail. When I saw the first score at the start as a band, it was funny, but then every 10 minutes - for at least 2 minutes throughout the entire film, was unbearable, annoying, and not funny. The only chuckle I had was the tourist - that was funny.
There were many more unnecessary (e.g. choir) or overly dragged out scenes. It makes it very apparent that the writer and director's prior experience was primarily in short films, and just added filler to a short story of substance to call it a full length feature film.
The best part of the story was the ending. The casting was excellent and all performed quite well. The cinematography and location shots were breathtaking and outstanding.
Sadly it's only a 5/10 from me, all going towards the cinematography and casting. I'm sure I would have rated this much higher if it was condensed to a 20-30 min short, or at most a 45 min TV show length.