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Winter in wartime is an impressive Dutch drama about a boy who is coming of age during a war in which he has to make some adult decisions. The movie is based on the youth book 'oorlogswinter' by Jan Terlouw, who praised the movie himself.

The script has been adjusted very well for the screen, with a suspenseful storyline and in-depth characters. The performances of Martijn Lakemeijer (Michiel) and Jamie Campbell Bower (Jack) really stand out. For Dutch standards it's produced in very high quality, with great photography and a beautiful score. I recommend this movie highly to anyone, especially those who are interested in incredible war stories.

The story sets in rural Netherlands in the winter of 44/45. A small village has kept his head above water in a turbulent war, due to the efforts of the mayor. During the war he has kept a strategic relationship with the Germans, to keep the citizens of the village safe from harm.

--Spoilers-- The quiet life changes when a RAF plane crashes in the woods. Jack, the pilot survives using his parachute. While hanging in the trees, he kills a German soldier who is on patrol. When the body is discovered, the Germans search the village, looking for the gunman. Jack, who hurt his leg is unable to travel and hides in a bunker in the woods, that's been made by the village's resistance. When the search of the Germans is unsuccessfully, they decide to shoot the mayor in revenge.

Michiel, the mayor's 15 year old son, has helped Jack to survive in the woods. Together with his sister and his uncle Ben they try to get Jack to a big city, from where he should find his way back to England. Michiel needs to make some risky decisions, which really are to big for this courageous boy.

I rate this movie 9/10

People just go watch it. it's an intense raw warmhearted all in one give me some war flick. wise knowledge and great cinematography included.

middle piece is slow though but that's no problem, great performance by kiefer sutherland, one of his best roles in recent years.

A comparison with a bridge on the river kwai is easily made, as good as that movie is, this one is too.

any way,

4,5 out of 5

The third miracle is a well written tale with a great touch of sentiment.

A priest saying G*DD*MN*D is like lung doctor lighting a cigarette, provoking, like a movie of this kind should be. It's meant to leave something to think about, for me it was commitment of an individual priest finding his way in mass traffic between his left and right ear. I enjoy these true emotions or behavior because i believe everyone on earth has a set of weaknesses. I like these true emotions and choices when it comes to mind digging.

Surely it's understandable that heavy religious people might be offended -the Archbishop was in the Nazi's army, drove around in a limo like a king and thought he was God himself-, but it's not the bible, I see it as a tale in a Catholic setting.

This movie is based on personal choices, activated by a game of chess between animal nature and common sense. Throw in some faith and a time structured plot, have it sequenced very well, put in some great dialogue and moody setting, you will get a well deserved great movie! I recommend this film, it's in a way uplifting.

8/10

who remembers Bad Taste or Braindead by Peter Jackson?

People will keep producing crap for the sake of crap! And its good! You don't know what's sweet if you don't know what sour is (that is when you still have your tongue).

Movies like Ichi are to be watched with an overview, like as you do with a documentary, i think that's the purpose.

I can't rate this movie and it shouldn't be rated, a little bit like abstract art that makes no sense, you want to see the painting but you'll never buy it!

I just saw changing lanes and i wanted to stop it half way. The photography and the setting were good, the story pretty lousy .

I have watched it all the way, because it developed in some way. Not because of twisting plots or incredible drama, it just made me realize it's supposed to make some money and not to get an oscar. with that in mind and the reliability of Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson I suppose it's a nice movie to watch even when you only want to watch high standard movies.

6.5 /10

This film is magnificent! No it's not, it's crap!

It's both! see it! It's so boring and bad it'll blow you away!!

very good! I saw this movie once two days ago, and it's one of those movies you'll see again in 2 or 3 years and remember big parts of it. How. It starts on a New York pavement, after seeing Hollywood like billboards dressing the skyline. It immediately gives you a cinematographic mood.

After this sequence you know you'll be entertained for the next 2 hours. like Se7en and Fight club, David Fincher knows how to pin your eyes on the silver screen. The image moves through walls and floors, giving an idea of what the house looks like. Every movie he makes is a mixture of influences that reach from flat commercial productions to weird moody unreal Kubrick like scenes -and anything between that-, while it remains good to watch for anyone.

Panic room is a story about a woman (Jodie Foster) divorcing her rich husband. She and her daughter move into a big empty house in New York. It contains a 'panic room', designed to fled to in case of need. It monitors the whole house and can be opened only from the inside while occupied. Three burglars enter the house to look for hidden millions. One is a pretty nice technician, another has a very large mouth and the last thief is basically a common slasher. These armed men know where the money is, but they can't get to this room. It's locked, and made of solid steel.