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| The Return [2003] | ![The Return [2003]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QNDYD8RTL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Dermot Boyd
Actors: Julie Walters, Neil Dudgeon, Ger Ryan, Glen Barry, Alan Barry
Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £15.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 32127
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Running Time: 98 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030697007681
ASIN: B0001BPS4Q
Theatrical Release Date: December 30, 2003
Release Date: March 22, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 the return - a brilliant film October 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Quite disturbing in places and emotionally bleak and harsh. A film about relationships, secrets, young dreams and expectations: dreams that get shattered on the return of the father after 12 years of absence. And as much as you come to fully understand the almost minimalist plot, you never know the whole secret: what's in the box? You don't really need to know. Acted brilliantly, use of colours and angles and soundtrack is superb; some say a weak storyline but I disagree.. there's nothing weak about this. I felt cold the whole time I was watching it, like the cinematography and the storyline somehow gets into you and makes you want to run home. Top film!
 Best Russian film I have seen in ages August 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A very fine first film by Russian director Andrei Zvyagyntsev. A pair of boys (a teenager and his younger brother) live with their mother in a decrepit town in northwestern Russia. Suddenly, their absent father returns (a rude and authoritarian figure, who it is suggested, has been a military pilot) and brings them to a mysterious island for what is presumably a fishing trip. But, as it turns out, in the island a treasure is buried, perhaps from a burglary from which the father might be connected. The older brother adores his father, while the younger one loathes him. The father becomes growingly brutal, and as the movie suspense increases, everything points out to a final tragedy. Fine performances by everybody, but specially the boys (sadly, after the movie was shot, the actor playing the older brother die in the lake shown in the movie, in a scene eerily reminiscent of one portrayed in the film). The Christian symbolism is sometimes a bit heavy handed (with the father being a sort of devious Jesus figure), but otherwise this is a very fine movie.
you must see this film June 1, 2008
"The Return" and Zviagintzev most recent "The Bannishmnet" prove that he is Tarkovski of the New generation.
You must see this film!
No reason to be disappointed... January 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What if you hadn't seen your father in twelve years, and one day you came home, and your mom said that he was sleeping in the bedrooom?
That's exactly what happens to the two young brothers, Andrey and Ivan, when the mysterious man, just arrived, who claims to be their father, decides to take them on a fishing trip for bonding time.
As the movie progresses, it is evident to both the movie viewer and the brothers that something isn't quite right. Every once in a while, the father turns around and just seems to do something absolutely strange, from a violent outburst causing his motives to be questioned to moments of a possible attempt at actually spending time with his sons.
Both of the brothers experience separate reactions. The older one trusts his father, while the younger is reluctant, which often causes strife between them.
Haunting, disturbing, and in some ways sad, The Return, is more of a slow and thoughtful film to be appreciated for its subtleties. Each part is acted quite well. The characters are believable and made real through the their hardships and obvious uncertainties. I think the thing that makes The Return such a special movie is the relationship between each separate person and seeing how they treat one another.
It's fun trying to figure out whether or not the father really is good or bad; although, a warning beforehand, a few things are left for you to form your own opinion about. Perhaps that is what the director wanted, and it doesn't harm the film, might even make the ending more effective and powerful; so keep an open mind and don't be disappointed. This isn't like American movies where every loose end has to be tied up at the close, however messy or unbelievable.
 No classic, but good enough January 6, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Return is a nicely photographed, very well acted film. It isn't pretentious, like so many European movies, which makes it a film that is hard to dislike. There's nothing wrong with the The Return, but I failed to watch anything that made me feel this was the masterpiece people hail it is.
It's a good movie, worth watching, and didn't bore me, but after I'd seen it, I began to think "so what?". Very good cinematography, and very good performances do not make a movie brilliant. But they they make a good movie. Sublime this isn't... good it is.
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