Of Gods and Men

Data
Title: Des hommes et des dieux
Year: 2010 (France); 2011 (US)
Length: 122 minutes
Director: Xavier Beauvois
Writer: Xavier Beauvois, scenario by Etienne Comar
Starring: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin, Loïc Pichon
Music: non-original music (I think)
I saw it: in the theater, a few days ago
Synopsis: monks stay in north Africa during a terrorist uprising

My reaction
Concept:
Story:
Characters:
Dialog:
Pacing: Painfully slow. But not in a poetic way. More of a This Film Doesn't Have an Editor way.
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Acting:
Music:
Subjective Rating: 5/10 (Indifferent, ). I guess it's interesting, but that's only because of (1) the subject matter, and (2) the distinctly unique pacing.  But since I don't think the pacing worked, there wasn't much here for me.  The situations in the film should have been extremely tense and suspenseful, but I never felt anything along those lines.
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