Tuesday 13 April 2010

Mar Adentro
(2004)

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WEBSITE: Mar Adentro [Sea Inside; Sea Within] (2004)...

[Sea Inside;
Sea Within]

Despite the brilliance of the acting here, this really does not get down to the nitty gritty of its ostensible subject matter.

The euthanasia theme is never fully explored beyond a pointed attack on Christian hypocrisy. Christians exploit the concept of freewill when God’s goodness is in question, but not when someone who can actually be proven to exist wishes to exercise their right to life. Although politically relevant, this is not enough to completely round out the dramaturgy.

Worse than this, the characterization is so weak that we never really understand the reasons why the central character wants to die when he has a reasonable standard of living. Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby was so much better in this regard.

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