Sometimes in April (2005)

You won't be disappointed!

Very well executed

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Disjointed TV picture trying too hard. A couple of good actors surrounded by stilted performances from everyone else. Debra Winger and that guy who plays the FBI agent in The Americans act as if they got their scripts the hour before and we're given only one take. Most everything happens in the narration and long pauses. No subtitles when the native language is spoken, so unless you speak the language you're clueless as to what they are saying. Lots of heavy handed music, in case you didn't get it that the genocide is bad.

I was very pleased that both this movie, as well as "Hotel Rwanda", were released. After seeing the horrors of Nazi Germany in the 1940's, it's hard to believe the world would allow another Genocide on such a mass scale to occur again. This version of events wasn't as glamorous as "Hotel Rwanda", however the script and acting were incredible. I recently watched this movie again (after seeing it when it originally aired on HBO) and the film creates as much of an impact now as it did years ago.In addition to "Hotel Rwanda" and "Sometimes in April", there are many strong documentaries about this dark period of history. I've recently watched "Ghosts of Rwanda" for a second time and was amazed at the amount of factual data contained in that documentary as well.

Sometimes in April is not boring, however it's way far from being introspective and realistic.Pedantry oozes from every inch of the celluloid. The director hasn't given enough effort to explain the "why". It's only about the "what" and a reduced, possibly one-sided version of the "what" it is.The film is heavily oriented towards western audiences (it pushes the right "western" buttons). Some things that resonate with the western mentality simply do not register with Rwandan audiences. Some other things that touch on local psyche and actually explain the flow of events in Rwanda are not even explored here.So can the viewer learn anything about the conflict from this movie? I'm not sure at all. The only safe outcome is that war is bad, but you knew that already.

This movie is excellent. I watched Hotel Rwanda and always thought it had this Hollywood touch to it that just took something from it. Sometimes in April is raw in its capture of the brutality, realistic in the portrayal of the dilemma of the tutsis and moderate hutus and captivating in the scenes after the genocide was over and people tried to move on. I think the use of some African actors also helped make it very real. I ended up in tears - usually a sign that the movie did its job. I wish I could meet some of the tutsis and moderate hutus and find out how they managed to move on or forgive. Certainly one of the best movies I have ever seen!!!