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That was an excellent one.

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

In modern-day Greece, while socioeconomic turmoil ravages Southern Europe, three distinct stories unfold, each representing a different generation of Greeks in love with a foreigner, each story coming together in the end to form a whole. World's Apart is one of those films that will mostly be remembered here in Greece for a entirely different reason than it's story or it's message but for mostly the big mistake that Studios did with it's release you see here in my Country Greece we get some films early and some others we don't and that was the case of 'The Force Awakens' the 7th installment of Star Wars we got the film a week later rather than a week earlier and that caused panic and anger among many people with fans arguing and screaming at those certain Studios that they will boycott all their movies if Star Wars doesn't come the day of it's original release and of course they failed we got the film a week later and personally i was spoiled with pictures from idiots on the Internet and as you read this review you might think "why the hell do i care?" i'll get to that in a second you see because of the whole Star Wars Drama i hated this film and i never wanted to see it now 2 years later the film was finally released on DVD and i gotta say i was such a fool for criticizing it because personally i freaking loved it from start to finish. The messages that the film sends about immigration and fascism are so freaking true on the time that we live in and it shows that not all people are as bad as we think because of their hair, their color, their god or anything like it. Plus the film is all around 'Love' and how Love brings people closer together and we have 3 terrific stories the first is about Daphne and Farris a young Greek woman and a man from Syria, the 2nd is about a Man who falls in love with a woman who is also from a different Country and the last is about Maria a Greek woman who has problems with her husband and her marriage is falling apart and she suddenly meets Sebastian a German who they practically fall in love. Now let me talk about the performances everyone in this film did a terrific and fantastic job but the biggest star of the movie and the one who steals the show is J.K Simmons who plays Sebastian and has a terrific chemistry with Maria Kavoyianni, Christopher Papakaliatis is also really good in the film both as an actor and as writer and director his shots and direction is really beautiful and touches your heart in a lot of ways than one. The 3rd act of the film combines all 3 stories into 1 and has a very sudden and touching ending that is narrated by the amazing J.K Simmons and i really just wanna say i'm sorry i'm sorry that i did not went to see this film in Theaters and i'm sorry for judging it without seeing it it was a big surprise for me and honestly one of the Best Greek Films i have seen in probably decades or should i say Ever? (A+)

Ιn spite of the economic crisis, some wonderful films have been recently released in Greece. This is one of them. Though not its target, it will make you too wonder how a country like mine has got to this mess. And perhaps it will push you to discovering it. If you do, you will even more wonder how a nation with such an amazing infrastructure and culture (neat modern cities/towns/villages with beautiful brand new buildings all over, ultra modern cultural complexes among which the unique brand new opera house-national library cultural park in Athens, fantastic museums, hospitals, science and education institutions, modern highways, sport centers etc etc and above all beautiful people+a highly educated modern young and not only generation, the country of M. Kallas, M.Mercury, N.Mouskouri,M. Theodorakis, Nober prize winners Elytis and Seferis, the country of Mykonos-Corfu-Rhodes etc) could ever find itself into such a catastrophic turmoil. This film won't answer your questions but will give you an idea of the causes. And at the same time will touch your heart with its humanistic message of how love (not any love, the specific love that the Greeks have a special name for and that is "Eros") can bring together in a magic way, persons which have learned/have been taught, that the "others" and only, never themselves, are to blame for their misery. Funny thing that though the magic of this place is not at all what the film is focusing on, anything but that, this magic is simply invincible and impossible to hide. The film is a very good one. And i mean in international standards. It will touch your heart and will make you cry even if you find the story a little unrealistic which is partly true. Yet, even if you see it as a modern fairy-tale, you will have to acknowledge that its background is absolutely realistic and true and will probably make you too revise some of your own ideas about things, like its characters do.

I watched it yesterday and I kept my expectations rather high, because the main theme of the movie and the way it shapes politics concerns me in a direct manner. It was even better than I expected it. The script is extremely interesting, especially if you like movies that have to do with the society and politics. I daresay it depicted my country, Greece, as it is in reality. With both its breathtaking beauty and its ugliness. What mostly enthralled me though, was the directing and the photography. On the whole, it was a movie that captivated you frame by frame. The acting was another surprise, although it should not have been, with such an impressive casting. Niki Vakali and Tawfeek Barhom were two names, which I am going to remember and watch over from right on. Andrea Osvart was pleasantly fitting to her role, like it was written for her. JK Simmons and Maria Kavogianni amazed me with the natural innocence of their romance. There was chemistry and simultaneously their acting was enviable. And, lastly, Christopher Papakaliatis has to be congratulated, because he did not only direct and write the film, but he also gave a fairly good performance.

There are not many Greek production movies that can make it to the theater with good impressions. And one should support their countrymen and their efforts. But i am deeply disappointed and angry. Reviewing this way, is of course not the Right way, cause "Anger leads to the dark side"... You all know what this is all about and where it leads. Director Christopher Papakaliatis "copy-past" and mimics scenes from foreign movies and blockbusters into his own movies. Thats that kind of money he makes and now he pushes back release dates to...sabotage? If you have a good movie, let it speak for itself. If you're afraid of competition, don't release it...