I'm going to be generous with my rating for this movie, because I think the problem was as much me as the film itself. In many ways, it's a finely crafted movie, but I was just not in the mood to take on other people's misery.
I can fully acknowledge that I am a privileged person. But even privileged people can and do struggle with the existential challenges of being a human being on planet Earth. Right now, the climate crisis is really freaking me out, and I'm having a hard time coping with the anxiety of it. So the hardship bonanza of a movie like "A Thousand and One" feels more like punishment than entertainment. Once the dad in the film started dying of cancer, I was done with this movie.
Grade: B-
I can fully acknowledge that I am a privileged person. But even privileged people can and do struggle with the existential challenges of being a human being on planet Earth. Right now, the climate crisis is really freaking me out, and I'm having a hard time coping with the anxiety of it. So the hardship bonanza of a movie like "A Thousand and One" feels more like punishment than entertainment. Once the dad in the film started dying of cancer, I was done with this movie.
Grade: B-