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As Good As It Gets

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The actress that plays lead is fabulous, the story is phenomenal. I would love to go on and on about how thoroughly I enjoyed this piece of work but I am afraid to give any spoilers. Watching with subtitles is the way to go, however I know some folks are not fond of them so they would steer away from it solely for that reason, however netflix has dubbed a lot of foreign movies with a long list on language audio. Check it out, so expertly done,

I am a fan of horror and every time if there is a good horror movie I'm in for it and especially if it is an art house horror. Not too far just a month ago I saw The Babadook and I was like this is the best horror movie by far. But now after watching under the shadow I'm forced to change my mind. This is the best horror movie I have seen to date.So the movie takes place during the Iran Iraq war. There is a family a husband, wife and their only daughter. Their daughter she is afraid of jinns (ghosts). And husband is a doctor. This woman who is playing the lead she is very free-living women she has a VCR at home she is doing exercises in morning wearing jeans and tops, she is not wearing the outfit that every other Iranian women is. So then her husband is transferred to another city which is right in the middle of War so he has to go there but he do not take them with him because it's not safe. Now this woman is living alone and she has to take care of her daughter on her own now. And thing starts to get worse as by the time it's not just daughter anymore she herself is seeing things now.So what makes Under The Shadow a stand out among the rest? Well it's pretty much everything. So this is not just a movie about some Supernatural stuff going on, it's way more than that. Story of the film takes place in the time when there was Iran Iraq war going on, and that makes the atmosphere of the film more intense. In the film people are doing their normal stuff and suddenly there is a blast somewhere around and that shakes you from the core. its hard to believe that it's Babak Anvari's first film. Settings he used in film the camera angles the sound design the framing it seem like he is the master of horror.There is one scene in the movie when the woman who is playing the lead she is lying on the bed and camera angle is tilt and then she gets up and now she is sitting on the bed and that tilt camera moves with her and now the camera angle is straight and then the camera moves slightly to left and her daughter is standing next to her bed. This was really very well done.Editing of the movie is really good this is not a really long movie it's just 80-85 minutes long and that's perfect. Pacing of the movie is more than perfect you won't be bored for a single second it will grip you from the start and will not leave you until it's over.

Well, I must be honest I did not expect this to be as good as it was. This low budget supernatural thriller was highly effective and terrifying. Narges Rashidi was excellent as the stubborn mother - upset with the world because she was denied finishing her medical studies due to her involvement during a revolution. While their town is still under attack from Iraq, the tension inside her apartment slowly builds from suspenseful to creepy to terrifying. There's a lot of unexpected jump-scares, and some really great visuals. Absolutely brilliant.

After seeing glowing reviews like: 5/5 The Guardian - 98%Rotten Tomatoes4/4Roger Ebert I thought this movie MUST be great! (or at least fairly good). After sitting through a slow building first half the movie just fizzed out. No real tension and very bland. Not at all memorable ... many better movies out there. All the soaring review have me utterly perplexed ...