Laikals
The greatest movie ever made..!
ReaderKenka
Let's be realistic.
PlatinumRead
Just so...so bad
veerybird
I'll watch paint dry if the painting pulls me in. The well-developed characterization did exactly that. Early on in the film, when Eileen stands up at her sister's wake to sing My Lagan Love, a haunting Irish air in her raw and sincere alto, I knew I would be watching the story of sisters past. I'll admit some of the dialog was thin, perhaps could have been much better crafted, but the portrayal of the poignancy of the respective lives of the "girls" in Annie's house held my interest all the way.Indeed plots and subplots do exist. How will Eileen deal with her profound sense of loneliness? How will Katya's survival instincts save her? What will happen to aging Ada? How will Georgie deal with the pain she causes her sisters in slavery? How will the house survive to continue to support its girls, for as Nettie says, much worse places exist? The painterly cinematography is at once rich and stark. Many times the camera dwells on one of the girls alone and brooding, achieving the effect of a colorized daguerreotype. Chick flick? Yep.The soundtrack performed by Continuum Orchestra is one reason why I've enjoyed this film through many watchings.I agree with an earlier poster that the VHS packaging did this artistic film a great injustice, and perhaps ultimately resulted in so many bad reviews here.
DonVitoCorleone
If you are a sick, sadist.This has to be one of the worst films ever made. Luckily I watched this on Sky in the UK and didn't actually pay to see it because I would be in tears thinking of the money I had wasted to see this.There is no plot, no good acting and noting happens from start to finish.Please I beg you to stay clear of this film
marcais-2
This is the worst movie I have ever seen.Nothing happens in the entire movie and there is nothing to distract you from sitting in the cinema wondering why you have paid money to watch this.I could find no redeemable features for this movie and find it astonishing that this could ever get made never mind released into the cinemas.At least from now on when I am watching a bad movie I'll be able to console myself with the though "At least it isn't Painted Angels"
bryandongray
While the movie would not attract mainstream audiences, it did portray life how it must have been somewhere in the USA in the late 1800's.The competition between the two places to get the judge to approve of their establishment was an interesting topic. Outdoing each other in their "shows" for the judge. Also the reality of older girls not making money, having to leave and the consequences of what happens then.Also the scene where the guy is shot in the bar, as we are seeing life from the girls viewpoint, they would not know the reasons behind this, so neither did we.All in all a good historical perspective movie, showing the stark/slow reality of a snapshot of life then.
