Such a frustrating disappointment

Simply A Masterpiece

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Sometimes in April is not boring, however it's way far from being introspective and realistic.Pedantry oozes from every inch of the celluloid. The director hasn't given enough effort to explain the "why". It's only about the "what" and a reduced, possibly one-sided version of the "what" it is.The film is heavily oriented towards western audiences (it pushes the right "western" buttons). Some things that resonate with the western mentality simply do not register with Rwandan audiences. Some other things that touch on local psyche and actually explain the flow of events in Rwanda are not even explored here.So can the viewer learn anything about the conflict from this movie? I'm not sure at all. The only safe outcome is that war is bad, but you knew that already.

A film such as Sometimes in April, could never be described as entertaining, for who could be entertained by mass genocide ? What is is though, is a very necessary film which is brave enough to put the spotlight on a part of history that many would prefer to forget. By doing so, and doing it as factually as possible, telling what happened and not covering it up, it remembers and honors the over 1 million people who died during the Rwandan genocide. This film does all of this extremely well, and because of that its not an easy film to watch, especially the scenes of the westerners and Europeans leaving, or of governments not caring enough to stop the carnage, much less give the name genocide to it. This or some other film much like it such as Hotel Rwanda, should be compulsory viewing in schools so that we do not forget that we were the ones who turned our backs when we could of helped, so that in the future, we will not do that again.

This movie is totally unknown in my country (Venezuela), even I saw it already knowing the great programming of HBO and seemed me interesting to be able to see fund what happened in Rwanda in 1994, and how better movie to teach it that this.. Clearly that is seen that is through the history of two brothers of different ethnic groups, but the plot in general gives a great idea of what happened in those dates in that almost unknown and hidden African country. I will be quick to see "Hotel Rwanda" to remain clearer on the theme and more cultured with regard to these historic events. All the actions were very good and I congratulate them HBO staff, channel which transmits pretty good programming that I seen as long as I could.

This movie is excellent. I watched Hotel Rwanda and always thought it had this Hollywood touch to it that just took something from it. Sometimes in April is raw in its capture of the brutality, realistic in the portrayal of the dilemma of the tutsis and moderate hutus and captivating in the scenes after the genocide was over and people tried to move on. I think the use of some African actors also helped make it very real. I ended up in tears - usually a sign that the movie did its job. I wish I could meet some of the tutsis and moderate hutus and find out how they managed to move on or forgive. Certainly one of the best movies I have ever seen!!!