Tall Tales

I don't normally review movies and actually this is my first review, but wow. This has to be one of the best films I have seen in a long long time. I would even go far to say this was a masterpiece of a film. "Tall Tales" nailed the noir/Hitchcock feel while being suspenseful and intense. I was hooked the whole time and it for sure took me on an incredible journey through the 40s. Music to the cinematography was just amazing. I one hundred percent recommend watching "Tall Tales"!

Attila Szász is my favorite hungarian director. He is the hungarian Tarantino. In this movie also dominate his style, very good acting, photography, quiet tension and violent grand finale. Loved this movie.

Thrilling story, great acting and directing. Must see entertainment!

The 2nd world war history of the hungarian people, and the clamp against freedome inserted by the russians throughout the cold war, you may nod your head in reckognizion. i went as a child on summer holidays in the early -70's, and did run slalom inbetween russian soldiers at the gellerthegy cittadel that overviews the city of budapest, searching for my family that id løost in the citystreets.being a norwegian child with no language knowledge but with good sense of orientation, found my way back to the car at the park site at the citadell, being conforted and fed with soldiers chocolate, till my heard came strolling as if nothing had happened at all. thereafter ive always scouted my whereabouts to be able to find my track back to safety...but thats another story...

this film seems to me as very mixed on emotions, it has a story thats easymade, and ive seen the composition before, buit its hungarian, with pretty good acting, good traditional outfitting, nice cgi's, and where possible,nice choice of locations.

its a slow burning thriller black comedy that you either love or hat, so i shall not decide wether to see or not. i give it a 6 thanks to the subtitles that made the grumpy old man understand.

This Hungarian film from 2019 is set in the period immediately after World War II, when many soldiers returned from the front or forced labor, or remained missing. The main character is a con artist who capitalizes on the uncertainty of families with missing relatives. He offers them false hope in exchange for money. When things go wrong, he flees and encounters a striking woman in the countryside. It is not a simple film, because themes such as coincidence, reality and fantasy, friendship and loyalty, sadism and victimhood are constantly intertwined and take surprising turns. For this reason, it is a comprehensible film in terms of content, which transcends the level of many modern films and invites reflection afterwards. The acting in the film is good and realistic, and the images are beautifully shot. On the other hand, the forced dull colors, verging on black and white, are unnecessary to convey the atmosphere of the time, the number of sets is limited, and the pace of the film is slow. This still makes it a memorable, strong, but not perfect film. I would like to see more European films rise above the level of pulp and be similar productions, with original, relevant themes and depth that justify more than one viewing.