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Phoenix (2014)
Christian Petzold, does an excellent job of building suspense and the ending is an unexpected pleasure. Beautifully constructed and melancholy piece of cinema but its implausibility means that it can only be admired from a distance.
The problem is that there are a few instances in the story where it is near impossible that it could play out the way he presents it.
Phoenix is undone by a premise that asks the audience to swallow a bit more than they may be prepared to. Nothing more than a fairly compelling thriller
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A normal man? For me, a normal man is one who turns his head to see a beautiful woman's bottom. The point is not just to turn your head. There are five or six reasons. And he is glad to find people who are like him, his equals. That's why he likes crowded beaches, football, the bar downtown...