Watch Backlight For Free
Backlight
Several characters who are each at critical stages of their lives are strangely impelled towards an uncharted lake in the middle of the desert where they all have the opportunity to save each other.
| Release : | 2010 |
| Rating : | 6 |
| Studio : | Virtual Audiovisuais, |
| Crew : | Director of Photography, Director of Photography, |
| Cast : | Joaquim de Almeida Evelina Pereira Scott Bailey Ana Cristina Oliveira Caitlin Carmichael |
| Genre : | Drama Science Fiction Romance |
Watch Trailer
Cast List
Reviews
The Worst Film Ever
Great Film overall
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Started off well, became really boring as it went on.Too much talking, made for teens. Watched the entire movie on fast-forward.Unnecessarily long mouth-to-mouth to an old man makes you want to wash your own mouth.Good photography and desert locations.IMDb- this is pretty retarded that you require 10 lines for reviews. What if people have nothing more to say ? Please have your management review this requirement. You must lose lots of members due to this. Someone with a crazy idea shouldn't be allowed to sit on your board.
This movie has a beautiful and original story with engaging characters played by good actors. Everything just ties together so nicely until the end. Everything has worked out so far, everyone is happy, there is a lot of passion and hope.(SPOILER) Then the final piece of the puzzle, a couple who will finally be reunited, is destroyed because the guy gets stung by a frikkin' bee (he's allergic)! I mean what the heck is that? He's dying and the movie ends.So my advice, just don't watch this, or if you do turn it off right after the guy talks to the kid and receives the camera.
As an avid movie fan, not a cinema critic, just a fan of good movies... I enjoyed this movie immensely. There are times when I want to see a movie based on certain criteria, however this was not one of them. There are times I become so frustrated with reviewers who pick apart a movie to death... get a life some of you. I just wanted to sit back and enjoy a decent movie. Not over-think it to death with how the cinematographer was too into hi/her scenes, how bad/good the acting was... do you think you could do a better job? Get some popcorn curl up alone or with someone you love, pop this movie in and escape for a while... suspend belief... this ain't no documentary... enjoy the soundtrack (awesome in my opinion), and have a good time. Remember this is just a review from a former Bronx NYC boy. Enjoy it.
Backlight is a brilliant script: A great story, with nicely shaped characters whom, one way or another, got me thinking "Sometimes, life is so full of coincidences that it's almost unreal.". Obviously, it doesn't matter how strong the script is, if it's transformation to the big screen is sloppy, but with Backlight, everything works in perfection. The multi layered story has been excellently transferred to the screen and the final product is like a perfectly tuned symphony: No note is false, and as the band plays, you get swept away by their music. One of the reasons for this, is a great cast, of whom I think, no one deserves more credit than others... and then again: I really loved Joaquim De Almeida, but above all the memorable character of Lucy, played by the young actress Skyler Day. She will always shine brightly in my mind. A definitely must see movie!
