Ida

Ida, 2013. An orphan learns about her parents before becoming a nun.

Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. Written by Pawlikowski, & Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Starring Agata Kulesza, & Agata Trzebuchowska, with Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela, & Adam Szyszkowski.

Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: A
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: A
Enjoyment: It maintains a distance, like a Kubrick film, which means you don't get emotionally involved, or really know what's going on in a character's mind until after they act on it. What's interesting about that is that it works - one of the only films I've seen not directed by Kubrick himself that takes that approach and succeeds. B

GPA: 3.5/4