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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Obsessed with righting a wrong, a small-time farmer manages to put himself at odds with his family as well as neighbors when his actions threaten to reveal a long-hidden and notorious secret of a little community. His brother, returning after thirty years abroad, gets caught in the turmoil. Uncertain of the magnitude of the emotions they are dealing with, the depth of concealed pain, or even what exactly happened and who deserves the blame, the two brothers struggle as much with each other as they do attempting to make things right. The story is intriguing from the outset and the few actors are capable, yet depth is lacking in terms of dialog, scenery, and events. The characters do not seem as genuine or animated as they might be.

Not too long ago, many were slaughtered, and there was a fraction that got all the attention and the blame. The problem is that there were parties that just stood by while others committed these crimes and/or either approved or even participated in their execution. The film explores how there was more to history than we have been exposed to, that the horrors were worse than anything we could imagine, and the devil shows his ugly face in more than one way.Two brothers find themselves at the heart of the story, which begins as a some type of thriller/conspiracy the likes of which we have seen before. For a while the spirit of "Chinatown" comes to mind, and a beautifully crafted film slowly unfurls a narrative where the mystery expands, the cast of the dueling parties grows as new layers are revealed, and eventually the film combines elements seen in old fashioned thrillers, horror movies, and even a touch of noir here and there.What takes the film to a higher category is that what we see here has basis on real historical events, and as we realize this, our souls hurt because the pain is too much, and it might be that there is the possibility that we can become one of the parties involved. After all, free will has always been at the core of the worst human decisions in history. Either we want to destroy, to save, or to remain quiet and allow the evils to continue and grow. Liars have for years assisted those who either killed or stole, and they condoned quietly the actions of others by not interfering.Films like these makes us remember how ignorant we are, in many different degrees by either not learning enough, not being willing to change and by not facing what really exists in our own souls.

Good Day, I registered to IMDb for the first time, just for this title... This is very important moment of polish history and very important movie to understand this history. I must confess first that I'm from family very close connected to connected to WWII Underground Home Army in Warsaw. Is someone has something to say about ghettos in Warsaw and Nazi occupation, my family was part of it from creating opposition to lost life in Auschwitz. My uncle died in Auschwitz for being family of important man before 1939. He was 16 years old boy. Pole, not Jew. Whole my family was destined to die in Auschwitz, but managed to avoid it, except my young uncle... Back to movie. My family was in Warsaw, was in underground and... was helping Jews in Ghetto and I also have Jew family (and proud of it). It was very hard to believe that Jedwabne and similar facts happened, especially for my grand dad, but... Even thought he was victim of denunciation, he was also victim of small peasant communities; like Jedwabne. He had to pay to not be arrested by Gestapo and he had to pay with family precious relics and everything he had. Just because peasants knew who he was. And he had to eat. Probably we will never know how many people died because of mentality of people like in "Poklosie"... Creators of "Poklosie" including actors are "enemy of the state", but many people still remember who made money for deaths. Yes, I know, it's short and not important comment, but if you know how less popular version of polish history looked like - watch the movie. No, it was not always like this - this is why most Israelis has polish roots, but we should remember of German, French, Dutch, French, Russian and other people who helped Nazis just for money.No comment. you just have to see this movie, no matter what you think. With Kind Regards, B. Radziszewski

Contrary to what other people might say, this film is not (all) about Polish resentment towards Jews. As stated in the summary, it tackles another vice: every human's unconditional reflex to do just about anything to avoid pleading guilty.As it happens, something bad - a euphemism I'm using instead of a more precise spoiler - happened to a group of Jewish inhabitants of a town lost in the Polish countryside. It was during WWII, times were tough, everyone wanted to survive. Plus, better strange "them" than familiar "us".A myriad excuses boiled down to one act of violence after which the town went back to post-war normalcy. People were born as usual, grew food all working week, went to church on Sundays, died. The cycle of life seemed unbroken, save for that nuisance from, as the movie's events take place around the year 2000, over 50 years ago. And no good can come from pondering about it.The film's two protagonists learn about it the hard way. They are two brothers, one of whom has just come back after living for 20 years in the USA. Surprisingly, his mentality remained unchanged there. Contrary to that, his younger brother, who stayed in their backwater little town, had undergone a curious transformation: he started asking questions about mysterious stone tablets lying in the mud here and there.To say that the acting is solid is an understatement. While perhaps not top-notch effort from all of the cast, overall it's nearly as good as it gets. You can expect stellar performances from a handful of elderly actors playing tertiary characters, as well as from Ireneusz Czop, one of the two main characters. The writing is fine: conversations seem natural, and there are a few very powerful monologues.So, if „Poklosie" is such a well-acted and written movie with good cinematography, music and editing – if there is nothing wrong with it, why not more than 7/10 from me? My only real problem with it is that when it comes to symbolism, the director hammed it up. I mean, the burning building, the dark forest, the good priest's heart attack at that particular moment, the rain, the way a person dies in the movie … come on. Way too dramatic, I say. Fear not, though, as most of my uneasiness comes from the fact that I seriously can't stand overly symbolic images. If you're not particular about them (think moderated Independence Day) – forget what I said. Just find and watch this film, I highly recommend it.Two more things. First, the movie's title means „The Reaping", as in „Harvest", but also „Consequences". My suggestion for the English title would be „What You Sow".Second, „Poklosie" is based on true events. Not, and I mean it, NOT like some cheap horror story. Something very similar to what is unveiled in this film really happened in at least one place in Poland during World War II. Hard to imagine, hard to stomach. Hard to remember.