Too many fans seem to be blown away

An action-packed slog

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

A cloudy sky. Perhaps this is one of those works that take your heart first slowly, then stops force to remove it quickly. If you're here to get drunk you are welcome. You could say that this film brings the fascination and temperance in its first minutes. The story is very well contained as a structural point, the simplicity of approach you and invite you to stroll through your eyes we are delighted to know that this artist thought of as leaving a pain that trains you. New Zealand has a new hero. The mystery leads us to the depths of our emotional supports, to delight and savor every moment without leaving a little. That's when you can not drop anything. And then it happens, knock on the door to say "the world exists and is full of pain". Amazing.

The Kiwis are better at fantasy than real life...After a promising start this rather enervating domestic drama settles for shrill melodramatics and stupid behaviour, based on silly coincidences, and culminates in an over-the-top showdown that strives for catharsis, but merely achieves hollow bathos, while the only agreeable character meets a grim farewell.Nice to look at and not without its moments, but much too long-winded and emotionally bloated.Watch Black Sheep instead.4 out of 10 brotherly feuds

Brad McGann's film 'In my Father's Den' starts very slowly, an account of some closed and not particularly likable brothers coming together after the funeral of their father. But their obstructive characters (and of those around them) pay dividends when they become suspects in the disappearance of a local girl; even as we learn that there's a lot of dark family history which makes them seem more understandable and sympathetic, we can also believe that they might have done something terrible; and the plot is worked out nicely. But the film isn't perfect; I like Mazzy Star, but I didn't think their music fitted well to the film; there's a reliance on arbitrarily ordered flashbacks to maintain the tension; and a certain heavy handed obviousness to the way some of the ideas are presented. The portrayal of the victim as an unusually deep soul is also unnecessary; and her supposed writings, which frame the story, are tedious and present only to assert this superfluous quality. Still, I liked the overall portrait of life in the far south of New Zealand, a place that may seem beautiful and open but which in this film, comes across as a very narrow and claustrophobic place.

i re-watched the film last night (for the second time) and was again blown away by how powerful this film is for something so slow and quiet.it makes for a great second watching as you are able to piece all the segments together in your mind as you watch the film unfold. the title of the film (book) is in itself inspired as it this which leads you to believe that paul is celia's father.the only small point which i didn't fully understand was the scene where celia is killed. she has already been to paul's house and is fully aware that she is his sister (as we see in the closing scene before she starts off down the road) so why when andrew offers her a lift and that is he is going to tell her 'everything' does she accept? does she not know everything at this point? or is it just the will that he is going to tell her about? also - is andrew planning to kill celia when he brings her back to the house? what is his motive for bringing her back? any opinions on these points would be much appreciated.Jx