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8/10
More Than Meets The Eye
young-alex223 February 2024
This movie is kind of hypnotizing because it puts you in a trance as the three characters intersect as they go about their day after life-changing events. They illuminate the existential architecture of each character after they each experience life as they never knew they would after they discover new parts of themselves. The stories each unravel slowly before they overlap, so I don't want to spoil any of the payoffs.

The director navigates the emotional landscape of the film by presenting life as it is for many people rather than how we all want it to be. These slice-of-life films are usually sentimental wish-fulfillment, whereas this is a much more realistic reflection of life as we know illustrated with lush black and white aesthetics.
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7/10
Beautifully shot and intriguing
jreitel24 November 2022
I became aware of this film when looking at Cristina Marsillach's (Dario Argento's OPERA, 1987) filmography. SIMPLE LIKE SILVER is her first performance since 1994. This film shows the intersection of three characters: a young woman the morning after an online date goes bad, a terminally-ill international traveler making the most of her last days, and a preteen boy aspiring to be a novelist. There is no dialogue. The entire story is told in voice-over of each character's thoughts. SIMPLE is beautifully shot in black and white and is like a visual poem. Many of the scenes could be paintings. This "mystery" brings to mind films such as BLOW UP and particularly PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK where there more questions than answers. It was an enjoyable 70 minutes and certainly worth the rental fee on Prime.
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