American Fable (2017)
When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her father, Abe, a good and beloved farmer, is holding a wealthy man hostage in their abandoned silo in order to save their suffering farm, she befriends the captive in secret. As the truth unfolds about who he is and what will happen if he escapes, Gitty chooses to confront the thin line between reality and fiction.
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To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Excellent, strange Dark Fantasy with a great ending and wonderful actors--especially the little girl who is so demonstrative and natural you might think she is really a little farm girl the director found to play the part. There are so many unanswered questions here--gnomic things--and that is what makes the film so wonderful, uncanny, and, frankly, creepy.
Really loved this movie. Have to admit that much of what I liked about the film is visual; it's really visually stunning. I think the (director? idk who does this part but...) scenic vistas of farmland are meant to cause a yearning, a pull, an ache for things to be "right" and "good" and "just." Especially beautiful because these vistas are always shown in twilight of the morning or evening; something so quiet and reverent, something so pure and almost holy about it. Like innocence about to be shattered somehow. You find yourself cheering for "Gitty," the main character; a brave young girl whose conscience is more developed (sadly perhaps) than those of the adults in her life. Don't want to give anything away because it's too enjoyable to watch without knowing what happens, but just to say that the allegories of "fables" is sort of woven into the plot, and it reminded me a bit of "Spirited Away," where a young girl has to be brave and have courage and character to be victorious.
Thought this was a wonderful film, visually and atmospherically. The characters were excellent, both the likable and the not-so-likable (like the brother and the 'villain'), and the storyline was gripping and evocative. The only problem for me was the ending, or lack of it - too much was left unexplained which I'm afraid ruined it for me overall.
This is an over abundance of ideas and no fleshing out.The synopsis insists there's a 'magical slant' but besides some beautiful cinematography and a single dream sequence, absolutely nothing is wondrous about it. The father is 'healed' from an accident and it's doesn't feel magical like the movie would want you to think, instead, feeling like extremely poor editing and writing.The characters are very one dimensional, and even with the large chunk of time spent 'fleshing them out', they're still weak, and have two to three character traits on them at most. Which would be fine if it truly delivered on some more magic.It's an extortion plot that probably could have worked better if there was more threat than the last twenty minutes. Even when Gitty's secret is discovered, it doesn't feel tense or as if something huge is about to happen, and in part, the awkward cuts hinder the flow. Scenes stop and the movie continues as if it didn't happen.I will give it this; It's oddly timely for the present day.