Four Lions (2010)
9/10
Funny, sad, hard to watch, and thoughtful
28 December 2012
This movie is a movie where all of your emotions are twisted and turned at once. It starts off slow, and stereotypical with a twist of black comedy. And this start was hard for me to watch as I thought, "oh geez this movie sucks." Even though I have lived in the UK as a North American the dialects can at times be difficult to understand.

Be that as it may I decided to slog it out, and that is where the movie started twisting my emotions. It went from funny black comedy to seriousness and being placed in the situation where you are in the movie making the same decisions.

When you think of terrorism, and freedom fighting it is easy to come to a decision on either side of the fence depending on your leanings. However, if you have to think things through that is where things become difficult. This is the magic of the movie IMO in that the director put me into the movie thinking through the decisions.

I also very much appreciated how the dealt with the topic of religion, as I do not want to give away the plot since that part is very critical to the movie.

Overall, good job on the movie and definitely worth the watch, though it is a serious movie with some hints of comedy. In other words, don't show this movie in a crowd of friends and family and you wanted something light hearted.
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