And yes, it is that good! Written by Fredi M. VITUS is a film from Switzerland that has garnered many accolades and nearly won an Oscar. What's up with that? Still, I think many people will enjoy this movie because the story, even with the holes, is still entertaining enough to sit through, which is more than you can say for a lot of two-hour films. I think the oddest part of the film was the mother speaking English about every fifth sentence. I felt more than a touch of elitism thrown into this story. In addition, the kid is obnoxious many times and the parents unrealistic. There are just too many scenes that have huge holes in them like, well, Swiss cheese. A 12-year-old boy gone for hours - at an expensive condo he bought unknown to his parents, at expensive restaurants, pulling all of kinds of business deals with background checks, climbing up into an airplane with nobody seeing him? - on and on. Many scenes in the final third of the movie, I thought, got too unrealistic. I won't say what it is, but just don't expect the normal "child prodigy" story. First, the good news: all the characters were interesting and the story had a unique twist to it, one that I doubt anyone could see coming. Although I enjoyed the movie and was pretty entertained by it, I thought it got a little carried away in the last 40 minutes or so and all credibility went flying out the window. The user comments here are almost all filled with plaudits for the film. How many movies have you watched that were made in Switzerland? Well, this one was and seems to be favorably received.
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