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After reading a few reviews, seeing how divisive the father (admirably played by Mr. Titieni) is, I believe this movie perfectly underlines the greyness of life. On one hand you have an extremely powerful man going full Ahab in his quest to literally move the mountains (beautiful Romanian aphorism), alienating his family along the way, on the other hand you have the fearless leader capable of inspiring people and turning doubters into believers.

One of the best shot Romanian movies, one of the very few without sound issues, head and shoulders above the artsy fartsy empty works of some of the better known Romanian directors.

This has actually managed to make The Tomorrow War look like a great movie. Ryan Reynolds cannot save this wreck, Taika Waititi is surprisingly unfunny, while the female lead has the charisma of a brick wall.

I love movies! I laugh out loud at comedies, cry at dramas and grip the edge of my seat while watching a thriller. Many times I continued watching a movie even though I thought it was lame, hoping something would turn out to be good in the particular production. I never claimed my money or my time back. But no now! Hannibal Rising oughta be the worst movie ever! It's not even entertainingly bad, it was "bad" bad! I took a look at the other "hated it" reviews before starting mine up... Some said it's the gratuitous violence that turned 'em off, some said the geographical/historical inadvertences, some complained the accents were really bad, some commented on how this film cannot compare to the previous enactments. What p****d me off? Everything! I mean It's really hard to put my finger on what was so bad about this movie that made me interrupt my watching it and start reading reviews and trivia about it. I finished it after a 2 hours break and I felt compelled to write this comment. If you want to see it, wait for the DVD. You'll still lose precious time but you won't regret the money. I warned you!