Review of Golden Door

Golden Door (2006)
7/10
A thumbs up, BUT barely
21 January 2008
Warning: Spoilers
Where do I start. Do I say how great the cinematography is. Do I praise certain scenes which show the directors creativity. Do I tell how realistic the scenes on Ellis Island are. Should I mention that for a change we do not have the cliché scene of viewing Statue Of Liberty. (By now immigrants viewing the statue from the ships railing is a cliché)

Now whats not likable, two major things, one being a modern song score & not even a good one to boot.

Second & nearly deadly the film is boring it moves so slow, that watching paint dry would be an improvement.

The 118 minute running time is to long & yet the film seems unfinished. We see no scenes of this family in the US. Our hero mentions he wants to find his twin brother, I would have enjoyed scenes of his futile of maybe lucky search, instead of other drawn out scenes.

The film is a near miss.

Ratings *** (out of 4) 81 points (out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)
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