I am from Russia and I watched this movie just because it was nominated for a huge number of awards, including an Oscar and a Golden Globe. And besides, the film received a prize at the Cannes Film Festival for best screenplay can not be bad. Now about the movie itself. The film shows not so many aspects of modern Russian life, but the same can be said that almost all the things that are shown in the Leviathan are taking place in contemporary Russia. Russian really drink a lot, corruption in our country is at the peak of prosperity, priests really play only the role of those who tricked helps authorities to become only stronger. However, the film shows only the negative side of life in our country. That is why Western critics went crazy with it and the percentage of positive reviews is 99%. If not for the modern political state of affairs in the world of this film would not just discussing, there would be no nominations and positive reviews. The script of the film is uniform, the story is banal to the horror, the characters did not develop in the course of the narrative. The film is not bad acting and camera work, but Leviathan does not carry any artistic merit. In fact it is just a movie that shows Russia be what they want to see in the west ... In conclusion, I would have called the film Andrei Zvyagintsev's attempt to win the affection of audiences and critics on the west by the exaggeration of Russian reality. I'm also not trying to say that Leviathan is a bad movie, it's just the hype surrounding the movie is totally undeserved."Leviathan" - it is not clear, very broad and vague remarks against the Russian society, without any specifics and suggestions. Zvyagintsev - if scored schoolboy who carefully afar barking at his attackers and ran away, so as not to beat. No conclusions, no suggestions, no attempt to influence the society ulcers. sorry for my terrible English
Review of Leviathan
Leviathan
(2014)
"Dr.Zvyagintsev or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Made a Movie to Get an Oscar"
12 February 2015