While it isn't anywhere near as hilarious as Winter Sleep (2014), it still has many laughs that add a bit of emotion to the otherwise completely cold and dry style of Nuri Bilge Ceylan's films.
The Wild Pear Tree is an exhausting experience to witness, but undoubtedly a rewarding one. In its runtime of over 3 hours, it made my brain run for its money considering how dialogue-heavy the film is, it required constant full attention and for such a long runtime it is a serious exercise.
The film is so difficult that its rather simple message which can be defined by a single word - irony, becomes enlightening by the end of this spectacle.
Many of the dialogues discuss some seemingly unimportant ideas that are a lot more interesting than I could've ever imagined with topics such as literature.
I do believe that the film could really use some music during the sad scenes, I don't want some sad piano crap, that would be awful, but some single continuous sound of ambient music would fit perfectly.
In any way, the film succeeds to make me wonder for 3 hours what will all of this lead to, and the last 5 minutes are a subtle kick that makes it all worth it and has the viewer rethinking the whole 3 hours all over again with now completely reapplied perspective.
The Wild Pear Tree is an exhausting experience to witness, but undoubtedly a rewarding one. In its runtime of over 3 hours, it made my brain run for its money considering how dialogue-heavy the film is, it required constant full attention and for such a long runtime it is a serious exercise.
The film is so difficult that its rather simple message which can be defined by a single word - irony, becomes enlightening by the end of this spectacle.
Many of the dialogues discuss some seemingly unimportant ideas that are a lot more interesting than I could've ever imagined with topics such as literature.
I do believe that the film could really use some music during the sad scenes, I don't want some sad piano crap, that would be awful, but some single continuous sound of ambient music would fit perfectly.
In any way, the film succeeds to make me wonder for 3 hours what will all of this lead to, and the last 5 minutes are a subtle kick that makes it all worth it and has the viewer rethinking the whole 3 hours all over again with now completely reapplied perspective.