Waiting for Anya

..enough drama which would have appeal to a teenage audience in particular Beautifully location also

This movie is missing something. A very retold story. I was excited to watch it at first, as Noah Schnapp is in it. Yet I just wasn't satisfied. It was boring and rather unsuspenseful. My family wasn't entertained and only I finished the movie. There could've been more to happen. It was so plain, reminded me of like a plain grain muffin. As someone who is a HUGEEE history buff, I've seen a lot of films very similar. This movie does not have much to it.

Good for families from age 11 and up. The acting was fairly good and the story was nice. I wouldn't put this in a highly entertaining category, but it was well done and I enjoyed it overall.

The cinematography and scenery was absolutely stunning, and I can't wait to go and visit the Pyrenees! Great to watch if you want a simple example of German occupation in southern France without too much drama or intensity.

OK movie set in southern France during the waning years of WW2. Noah Schnapp stars as Jo, a young French boy who finds a man hiding in the woods while he is helping out with the family's sheep. He follows him to a neighbor's house and discovers that the house is being used to harbor Jews who are travelling to Spain for safety.

The movie is intended for younger audiences and many of the scary elements you would see in similar movies has been considerably toned down. Even the German army that has occupied the town seem oddly tame.

While the movie is well acted, the characters lack any depth and are rather cliched. Noah Scnapp and Anjelica Huston are oddly cast being American. The movie is OK overall.

Better movies in this genre are Downfall, Au Revoir Les Enfants; and Schindler's List.

The story was good and rather interesting. Unlike some others, I did not find the film boring to watch but oh my god with the directing! What did the director think when he was shooting this film?! Some scenes don't add up, others are simply gap fillers with nothing to add to the overall story. Some acting was seriously an eyesore!

If this film was handled better by a different director, it could have been a different outcome for sure. With 3 out of 5 stars, it might seem generous - maybe it is - but I still think it's worth watching despite all of its shortcomings, of which there are many.