the world better left unseen.

on three separate occasions people have asked if i'm excited to see the new lisa ray flick 'the world unseen.' and on three separate occasions i've had to look these eager people in the eye and break the harsh news: i've already seen it and it wasn't very good. it wasn't very good at all.

i was (un)lucky enough to have caught 'the world unseen' at tiff two years ago. the story of two women from different worlds who fall in love in 1952 apartheid south africa sounds like it could have been dramatic. touching. inspiring, even. and yet, all i remember was trying to surpress my laughter for two hours. well, that and the tasty yogen früz i consumed.

the killer combination of hokey writing, over earnest acting and substandard picture quality made for some terribly funny moments that were meant to be anything but. i'm sure being in the company of three like minded folk made the giggling fits worse than they should have been, but still. most of the film was borderline farcical.

in the interest of being fair, i will say that the rest of the audience didn't seem to find the film nearly as funny as the three muskequeers and i did. but said audience was made up of lifetime movie of the week type folk. trust me, you'd have to be to fall for this kind of schlock. i don't mean offense to writer, director and author shamim sarif's vision. it certainly had merit. but there are countless better told love in the wrong time/place/between the wrong people stories to enjoy. why settle for this one?

so. before anyone else asks me about 'the world unseen', or worse, actually pays money to see it, i am officially letting you know: i give it two big lesbian thumbs down.

just don't say i didn't warn you.

Comments

[Tanja]

Well they made a fine trailer. Had me fooled.

[misshoax]

that my friend, was a very well written review. two het thumbs up.

[FitzpatrickArline]

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