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Sadly Over-hyped

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n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

first of all as a person living in turkey and knowing the culture of it very well, i liked the Mustang in many aspects.Although it is the first feature film of the director and does not represent our culture,traditions and daily life at all, i liked the rebellion against patriarchy.The director, in this context, is not successful in showing the features our social life.To begin with characters i gotta tell that they acted so perfectly even if they never been actress before.Especially the character of Lale impressed me through her open-minded wisdom, her braveness into new life.The other girls were a bit fade beside her.Even so they all were good enough to be applauded by spectators.Secondly the place that film was shot does not comply with the events and the characters.You can not see such events and behaviours in north of turkey.This mistake happened since the director doesn't know the culture of turkey very well and cant see the point of issue properly.Thirdly, showing girls innocent in all ways is contradiction to what this movie aims at.There is a huge difference to have a sexual relationship between married and single during teenage according to culture of my desperate country.As for me both of them wrong as hell.But showing the girls innocent when they r doing whatever they want is completely nonsense but ordinary for the director and for people who do not live in these land.Fourthly, what is the point of this film? To shed light on the sexual pressure or patriarchal persecution? What is it? is a still mystery for me cant be solved yet.As we criticize this film according to cinematography, it fail.Otherwise it is fine for documentaryTo sum up i like the struggle against men but not the idea of the director.

Full of heart, Deniz Gamze Ergüven's feature film debut is about five orphan girls who once are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, Which outrages their strict conservative guardians who confine them while forced marriages are arranged.This is a terrific film that doesn't shy away from harsh realities, which like the film says their lives change in the blink of an eye because of a wholly innocent event. It gives an insight to a different culture and in particular the way women are treated, the director clearly has a lot of influences from prison films to Iranian cinema.It is shot hand-held which gives the drama a sense of the chaotic and turmoil, that these girls no doubt feel inside. I was rooting for them all the way, all the girls were great but the youngest "Lale" played by "Günes Sensoy" was terrific capturing the essence of not quite teen, goofy, inspirational child, who you warm to more and more as the drama continues. It has some genuinely funny moments one involving an auntie taking drastic measures, to ensure the girls are not caught by the men once they have sneaked out to join the all female supporters for a football game.A heartwarming and heartbreaking film, with an excellent score by Warren Ellis which gives the film even more soul.One of my favorites of the year.

This is probably the most overrated film I have ever seen and a proof of the poor quality Turkish feminism. Huge scenerio gaps, extremely bad reflection of Turkish family life and a bad understanding of feminism which is nothing more than free sex for the film. Conservative Turkish family life is showed as a monster and ruins the life of women. Probably every single low profile feminist voted 10 or more to this movie because there is no other explanation of such a higher grade to a junk. Scenerio is ridiculously didactic and meaningless as well nothing more than a bad propaganda video which steals one and a half hour of your precious time.

Sisters Lale, Nur, Selma, Ece, and Sonay are orphans living with their grandmother. They play with the boys on a beach and rumors spread in the conservative Turkish village. Their uncle takes them for a virginity test. Despite passing the test, the girls are locked in the house and stripped of their modern influences. They are forced to learn to be conservative wives. The oldest Sonay sneaks out to be with her boyfriend. The girls want to go to the football match but is forbidden despite being a women only event. They sneak out but when they return, their grandmother makes the house a prison and works to marry each one off. As the noose is tighten, the girls dream of escaping to Istanbul.It's not really "The Virgin Suicides" although it does follow a story with similarities. It has the reality of religious culture. The ensemble cast is good with a naturalistic style. There is a slow build tension. The cinematic intensity is not high enough for some of the scenes. There is an escape but again the tension is not raised high enough. It's a solid drama especially for the relative newcomers.