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I imagine that even viewers who have a staunch dislike of the royals might be able to appreciate what they did in this episode and the ones leading up to it; making use in a very clever way of using different actors (m/f) during the seasons. It is one of the ways how series that take time to let a story unfold can trump movies that have to squash everything in 2-3 hours.

The way how expectations, assumptions, snippets of facts and a good sense of what makes good television are merged is superb.

Also, I am not in agreement with critical reviews that wanted to stretch the whole period for another 1,5 decade just to touch current events. Why? That's another genre altogether. Nor with criticisms (like from a former PM) who somehow interpreted the final episodes as too discreditable to the royals.

So even if brought down by hating-filled emotions, please manage to appreciate how well the whole story line was played out entertainment wise.

Virtually all people who give this movie a bad review have a problem with the middle part.

Vulgar and so on. (I won;t provide more details in order not to give too much away).

They did not get at all what the real themes were.

The changing times both in terms of eras and circumstances.

Seldom portrayed more intelligently in one movie. But you do have to want to see it and look beyond the projectile action. For many reviewers that seems too much to ask.

By all means, go back to action-packed, crowd pleasing, CGI-powered action hero movies. No problem with that.

But refrain from commenting on movies that actually make smart observations about how circumstances matter and people are not always able to evolve accordingly, in many different, subtle ways.

The middle part is just a decoy to test whether you have any wits in ignoring it to see the more important points.

The more said the worse. But most reviews I read get it so wrong what this movie is about... It's almost literally one cinematic answer to the question what would happen if you apply quantum theory to real life.

And in a more elaborate and serious way than some giddy predecessors.

Without any idealism, too romantic notions, or feelgoodiness. The movie does not aim to please, even a tiny but. Which is probably why it receives relatively bad reviews. But the fact that main characters are not necessarily likable does not make it a bad movie per se. It is all the more courageous for it.

Again, it is almost impossible to say more about it without providing spoilers; which is why I don't read regular move reviews anymore because they all do.

Let me just say: it deserves more intelligent praise than just being called a relationship movie.

Whereas many dwell on the power of youth and the assumption that young people are our only hope, this documentary feeds us with a much richer perspective: everyone has the power to make, and keep their lives extraordinary, inspire others and not use easy excuses to just point fingers at others for misfortune. Age is just a number, and seldom has this been demonstrated more powerfully. The lucid way the main characters reflect on past, present, future, their roles and their ideas for the roles that others can take is so full of inspiration. It's very uplifting. Especially since they are not portrayed as heroes. Just normal people. Which makes it attainable to strive to keep on living a full life. Heroes are larlgely fiction. Normal people are more identifiable.

I loved Festen. But asked why, it is impossible to explain. There are no sympathetic characters there, only troubled ones. So any movie that critics are desperate to compare to it are in trouble.

PNG has few immediately likable characters in it. At first sight. The counter point is that this makes them all the more human. Critical reviewers might find that fact of life bland, but the non-binary nature of humanity is exactly what this movie demonstrates. No one is as they seem, at first sight. Because no one is 1-dimensional. This is not spectacular as an observation, but the movie does well in developing this line of thought, without becoming too cliche.

Better movies exist, but to dismiss this one as a failure is just lazy, IMHO. There might be no clear winners in terms of the plot, but anyone who dismisses this as negative is clearly more destined to adore the superhero genre. This is about actual people, including all of their imperfections without making an enormous deal of it. Deal with that.

Not only a seldom told story of WWII but also one that features a less known province. The different story lines go deeper and are more humanistic than in most war movies, and are more honest about the dilemmas and facts of wartime, i.e., choice are difficult if not impossible, everything does not always turn out fine for everyone, and good and bad are both not clear-cut as more simplistic movies would have us believe. Also, traces of remaining humanity that people may have the power to tap into do not have to feel as cheesy, as the movie proves.

And finally, where other movies really are centered around the battle scenes like SPR and Dunkirk, here they are just a side show. An impressive one at that given the limited budget. All in all, well done.