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Desperate parents looking for a missing child are led into a strange netherworld in this haunting thriller.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
After The Ordeal I was extremely excited as to what Fabrice du Welz would produce next. Vinyan certainly doesn't disappoint. It's a more rounded film when compared to The Ordeal- the rough edges have been feathered with a slightly higher budget.
Rufus Sewell and Emmanuelle Beart play a young couple whose son has gone missing in the recent Thai tsunami. They therefore travel deep into the eerie jungles of Thailand in order to try and rescue him. As the film progresses, our couple become uncompromisingly lost within the Thai wilderness and we not only begin to give up hope that their son is still alive, but begin to wonder whether they themselves will survive.
The film is beautifully shot: There are some genuinely amazing singular takes on show here and the deep jungles are photographed gorgeously. The only criticism I have is that Welz has dropped the jet-black humour that made his debut so successful, making Vinyan a stone-hearted, emotionally draining experience.
Nonetheless, it's certainly worth checking out.
Rufus Sewell and Emmanuelle Beart play a young couple whose son has gone missing in the recent Thai tsunami. They therefore travel deep into the eerie jungles of Thailand in order to try and rescue him. As the film progresses, our couple become uncompromisingly lost within the Thai wilderness and we not only begin to give up hope that their son is still alive, but begin to wonder whether they themselves will survive.
The film is beautifully shot: There are some genuinely amazing singular takes on show here and the deep jungles are photographed gorgeously. The only criticism I have is that Welz has dropped the jet-black humour that made his debut so successful, making Vinyan a stone-hearted, emotionally draining experience.
Nonetheless, it's certainly worth checking out.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A white couple lose their young son in a tsunami in Thailand. 6 months later, the husband has accepted his child's death, but the mother can't handle the loss at all and keeps seeing her son in other children. When they watch a video of Burmese children, the mother is convinced that the blurry kid they see only from behind is their missing son. He must have been washed ashore in Burma! After all, he's wearing a red shirt just like their son did! The husband doesn't really believe it, but he doesn't want to disappoint the wife he loves deeply, and he still feels guilt because he couldn't hold on to the son during the tsunami, so he agrees to go to Burma with her. Since the country doesn't permit travellers, they pay a very large sum of money to criminals to take them there and find the child. This leads to a life-threatening horror trip into the Burmese jungle.
So far, so good. The plot is psychologically interesting, the actors are truly fine (especially Rufus Sewell as the husband), and up to a certain point, the story is convincing. But after a while, the director loses himself in weird scenes that don't make any sense, there are no explanations for the strange events in the second half of the film, and he basically steals from other movies when he moves into this section (think Apocalypse Now and the like). What could have been an interesting psychological drama turns into meaningless nonsense with a few shock / horror elements. The title (Vinyan means 'angry spirits', which are supposed to remain on earth after a violent death in many Asian beliefs) may explain the otherwise inexplicable hundreds of brutal children with painted faces that start showing up more and more as the film continues (maybe, I'm really not sure). But on the whole I see this film as a wasted opportunity to tell a good story with fine actors in an interesting landscape. I wouldn't recommend anyone to waste your money on this.
So far, so good. The plot is psychologically interesting, the actors are truly fine (especially Rufus Sewell as the husband), and up to a certain point, the story is convincing. But after a while, the director loses himself in weird scenes that don't make any sense, there are no explanations for the strange events in the second half of the film, and he basically steals from other movies when he moves into this section (think Apocalypse Now and the like). What could have been an interesting psychological drama turns into meaningless nonsense with a few shock / horror elements. The title (Vinyan means 'angry spirits', which are supposed to remain on earth after a violent death in many Asian beliefs) may explain the otherwise inexplicable hundreds of brutal children with painted faces that start showing up more and more as the film continues (maybe, I'm really not sure). But on the whole I see this film as a wasted opportunity to tell a good story with fine actors in an interesting landscape. I wouldn't recommend anyone to waste your money on this.
Format:DVD
The critic I read said that Vinyan might be described as Apocalypse Don't Look Now. I'd go one further: Apocalypse Don't Look Now (It's) The Lord Of The Flies.
Two handsome actors, one British one French, and exotic scenery, do not make a great horror film. The films which inspired this were all masterpieces. This is guff. We can't even watch it for the actors' good looks cos they spend most of the movie covered in mud and rain.
It's s'posed to be about parents traumatised by the loss of a son in a tsunami. What's it really about is the perils of presumptuous tourism; westerners going off the beaten track and getting left there because wifey has gone loopy and given all the holiday money to the sinister guide. Like you do.
Argh.
Two handsome actors, one British one French, and exotic scenery, do not make a great horror film. The films which inspired this were all masterpieces. This is guff. We can't even watch it for the actors' good looks cos they spend most of the movie covered in mud and rain.
It's s'posed to be about parents traumatised by the loss of a son in a tsunami. What's it really about is the perils of presumptuous tourism; westerners going off the beaten track and getting left there because wifey has gone loopy and given all the holiday money to the sinister guide. Like you do.
Argh.
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Utter drivel and another example of misleading marketing
This film is utter drivel, and as I said in the header, a shining example of how film cases, back cover descriptions, and four star reviews from magazines on the front covers can... Read more
Published 14 months ago by The Truth
A Masterpiece! HORROR that soaked through to the very marrow!
A masterpiece! Sensual Art house Terror - a couples plausible, doomed descent into nightmarish madness on a search for their young son lost in the Tsunami. Read more
Published 16 months ago by SuzyQ
Not quite equal to the sum of its parts
It is essentially Apocalypse Now combined with Irreversible's cinematography which should stand it in good stead. Somehow, it doesnt quite hold up. Read more
Published 16 months ago by nobaldo
Worth sticking with
I'm mystified by all the hateful reviews for this film - sure it's not perfect, but a one star movie? - no way. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Now Zoltan
Poorly scripted ART film that is wierd.
I brought this movie without reading any of the reviews first. I saw it had Rufus Sewell in it and expected something good. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2009 by H. Fernando
Wouldn't bother
If you are thinking of buying this film, I'd seriously reconsider. I had the misfortune to hire it out and wasted an evening on this over pretentious, slow, boring piece of... Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2009 by B. Parkinson
Dire film
If you are thinking of buying this film, I'd seriously reconsider. I had the misfortune to hire it out and wasted an evening on this over pretentious, slow, boring piece of... Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2009 by B. Parkinson
Something memorable despite several pitfalls
When Emmanuelle Béart's sprog goes missing after a tsunami hits their Thai holiday resort, the grieving and forever pouting madame clings to the belief that he might still... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2009 by S. Savory
Incoherent nonsense
The trailer for this film promises a brooding atmosphere with stunning cinematography. What actually emerges is a film that is neither atmospheric or aesthetically accomplished. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2009 by Mr. C. Hall
Thank you, Fabrice!
I watched VINYAN last week at the Prince Charles and I absolutely loved it!!! It is overwhelmingly haunting, disturbing and unsettling - AND has emotional depth to it. Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2009 by Vivien MR
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