360
2011
*
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Lucia Siposová, Gabriela Marcinkova, Johannes Krisch, Jude Law, Moritz Bleibtreu, Jamel Debbouze, Dinara Drukarova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Rachel Weisz, Juliano Cazarré, Maria Flor, Ben Foster, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Ivanir
Multi-narrative films can provide brilliantly complex and creative storytelling or deliver disjointed and fragmented narratives that fail to hold my attention. For every Magnolia and Crash, you may get something like Babel and Love Actually. This tapestry of interconnected lives deals with love, infidelity, and chance encounters, and its events unfold in Vienna, Paris, London, Berlin, and Colorado. Although there is plenty of talent behind and in front of the camera, this rancid and incredibly boring collection doesn't include a single character or story strand that is worth my while. I learned nothing about these people through their accidental encounters, especially as many of their stories seem to end after the first act. Peter Morgan's dismal script is loosely based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 play Reigen.
