Sadly Over-hyped

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

I know director Cagan Irmak's previous TV works of different genres (soap opera, horror etc.) which were quite successful and above average. On the other hand, this is the first movie by him that I have seen, and definitely will be the last one. One of the most popular and well-accepted cinema topic of "love-pain-regret" could not have been handled worse!One of the problems of Turkish cinema is script; especially lack of meaningful and more importantly "natural" dialogues. This movie suffers from the same problem. The writer-director tries to overcome this issue by using "amateur" actors as leads and letting them to improvise (at least it seemed to me that they are trying to improvise; otherwise it is just bad acting), but it just gives a cheesy feeling. The only "living" character in the movie is "the Mother", who is unfortunately not so pivotal enough to save the whole flick. But, it seems that the director is so confident about the dialogues (and the monologues of the ridiculously acted, long inner voices scene) that, he does not need to use the sets, music, or even the city itself more deeply to create the atmosphere, which two lead actors definitely fail to do. What he needed to do is simply go back to the roots of Turkish cinema and at least "copy" the old "Yesilcam" romantic movies, if he just wanted to make a tear-jerker.If you want to see real movie about love-pain-regret and self destruction, go and see "Masumiyet" for example. 5 minute long monologue of Bekir (incredibly played by Haluk Bilginer) will take you somewhere, which even 5 hour-long Issiz Adam will never succeed.

I think this is a scary movie. If you think of it as a scary movie, you can easily see that it is pretty good and hits its mark. From what it seems, it scared or depressed the pants of a lot of man folk about a possible lonely future and the everlasting pain of unfulfilled love and missed opportunities. If you have not thought about anything of that nature after the movie, well, I guess you should consider yourself lucky for being able to look back and knowing everything turned out the way you wanted in the end. This is a movie that stays with you once it is over, so, kudos to the filmmaker for achieving that.If you look at the story of the movie, acting, cinematography, I would not say that I'm impressed. Like many people mentioned here, it is full of clichés. A guy who is successful in a job that he is passionate about, has money, knows how to cook and more importantly, knows how to narrate while cooking, knows and longs for the magic of those nostalgic moments in music history that seem to impress the girls out of their minds, and finally, knows how to get the girl! Ah yes, he is flawed too, afraid of love, a loner, likes rough sex, etc.. Then we have our lady who is independent, knows how to love, good looking, a princess, brings joy to children, ... oh wait, she falls for the bad boy! Can she change him? We cross our fingers and wait for the happy ending (even though we have heard about the ending from others) but the idiot self destructs again and dumps the girl! Doh! It feels like the filmmaker started with the end and then built a story to get to it. There is not much depth and it feels a bit isolated from everything else around it although they tried to address that by introducing the mother and the kid later in the end. The acting is mediocre at best, for both lead characters.Let's get to the bottom line then. I gave it a 7 at its strength for being able to stir emotions and stay with you longer than most films. It could have been much better though, pity...

Instilling vigor to the once-bedridden Turkish movie industry with his original work "Mustafa Hakkinda Her Sey", Cagan Irmak pays homage to the basics of his career in his last installment "Issiz Adam", which once again evolves around the ordinary lives of ordinary people; abandoning the mystic atmosphere set in his previous movie "Ulak". Probably, nobody expected Cagan Irmak to top his story-telling in his highly acclaimed movie "Babam ve Oglum" (and probably they are still right) but surprisingly, it takes only five minutes to realize that "Issiz Adam" races in a completely divergent category with a totally different aim. Setting out to scrutinize the concept of "relationship" in the new era, "Issiz Adam" introduces two main characters; Ada and Alper that anyone can easily relate to and actually, the simplicity of this projection remains as the movie's strongest suit throughout the runtime. On one side of the scale we have Alper, the "isolated man" (not "the lonely man"!), who by definition consumed much out of life and got himself stuck in a corner that is beyond help. It is a dark corner built initially by choice and structured deeply by later habit (feel free to add the "modern life" ingredient) and unfortunately, this corner gives no room for another person to fit in, not even for Ada, who oppositely is willing to give and sacrifice more for love. "Issiz Adam" tells exactly the story of this scale, the constant changing in its balance and its breaking point. The story is further embellished by genuine colloquy (contrary to people who find the dialog fictitious and unrealistic, there are young educated people who are able to integrate words and quotations in a smart way as depicted in the movie), touching music(deference to 70s Turkish music which is sadly followed by a cursory and inattentive soundtrack album) and solid performances (those who denounce the acting should take into account that the movie offers rather tough lines to perform in the silver screen and the actors did their best in this respect).Already a phenomenon in Turkey, "Issiz Adam" is an emotional experience and more of a roller-coaster ride that puts a smile on your face during elevation until the deep fall.

Firstly movie brings Ferzan Ozpetek style to mind with its story, which is good but not so much. A weak point of movie is; what a big love, lived in 4 weeks and couldn't be forgotten for 8 years, is this realistic? That causes to lost movie's deep perspective. Role-playing is also another weak point. Actors are unexperienced, that why may be. In some scenes actors and actresses performance are not persuasive. However, ambiance is decorated with amazing historical places of Istanbul and magnificent oldies Turkish songs. Galata Tower can be seen behind with all its grace and grandeur. Old-school places were selected for movie those are also supported ambiance.