I saw the film this morning with an audience of 500. While I enjoyed the photography and found the acting honest I failed to see a great film. This was a self indulgent effort. If the director had a point to make it was not evident. It was a film of many mysteries without solution. The tower seems to symbolize the passages one goes through to become an adult. The father returns to teach his children to become aware, tough and to survive -- or -- what? What is in the box? Where has the father been for the past 12 years? After a while one does not care. What is the purpose of a film like this. To provide one the opportunity to make sense of the clues provided but to what end when no point is made. That the father loved his sons appears to be established. Who is the father calling? Who cares?
Review of The Return
