Who is the Audience for This Movie?

People who like to learn more about other cultures.

What I Liked About This Movie

When a documentary is being made for an english speaking audience but is shot in another country you automatically know that it will either contain subtitles or have voice actors filling voicing over the foreign language speaking participants. What sets this documentary apart from the norm though is that it uses both methods where it feels it needs too. Combine that with the extremely solid voice over and it ends up being very accessible.

I happen to be the target audience for this movie. For some reason I cannot really explain I really like learning about other cultures and comparing them to what I am used to. My natural attraction to having an unfiltered view of another culture kept me watching.

What Didn’t Work For Me

My major gripes with this movie are its structure and presentation. Throughout the movie it feels as though the director tried to tackle too many different topics. The jumping back and forth between them really does not have any consistency. It is hard to say if maybe the focus should have been on only a few people or not but whatever way you look at it nothing really ties together well in the end.

Presentation wise it feels like one of those movies you are forced to watch in school. That may seem bit harsh but it desperately needed some flashiness to make it more visually interesting.

Should You Watch This Movie?

This movie was merely above average so it may or may not be worth your time. Depends mostly on how interested you are in its subject matter.

My Rating (Out of 13)