Sunshine

A great movie in so many ways. To tell the plot would be pointless. Just rent it (unless your IQ is below 110.) Tards won't appreciate it, be able to follow it, or be able to sit through a movie of... Full review

A great movie in so many ways. To tell the plot would be pointless. Just rent it (unless your IQ is below 110.) Tards won't appreciate it, be able to follow it, or be able to sit through a movie of... Full review

Sunshine wonderfully depicts the waves of politics that have affected Hungary and led to its tragic history as well as how these political regimes affected Hungarians. Even if specifically focusing on a Jewish family I do think many of the struggles... Full review

In addition to the amazing story about this family and all the struggles they went through dealing with political, social and family issues, there are also several great love stories, corruption, lies, and I thought they did a great job showing... Full review

Sunshine is one of those films I was predisposed towards liking before I'd even seen it. I liked the idea of a film dealing with three generations of a family (one that goes through war and revolution) and I liked... Full review

This historical epic/family drama from the master of Hungarian cinema, Istvan Szabo (Mephisto, 1981; Being Julia, 2004) is a wonderful and memorable film that has been overlooked, underrated and sadly under-seen.This is a moving and always engrossing drama about one... Full review

Schindler's List was apparently enough for most film goers. "Sunshine," superior to "Schindler" in many respects, got fewer accolades and much less attention. Why do I think "Sunshine" is superior to "Schindler?" Primarily because it tells the story of the... Full review

Yes the movie is long; but the acting, especially by some of the lead characters is amazing. Ralph Fiennes does a good job in a role that suits him (in some instances) though the three charaters he plays grandfather-father-son some times... Full review

Yes the movie is long; but the acting, especially by some of the lead characters is amazing. Ralph Fiennes does a good job in a role that suits him (in some instances) though the three charaters he plays grandfather-father-son some times... Full review

A stunning performance by Ralph Fiennes! This is a movie of great substance. It tells life is truely a unpredictable journey, fully of uncertainty. Don't trust any politicans, do what your heart takes you.... Full review

The film's fencing sequences at the 1936 Berlin Olympics are among the film's most exciting. The film has obvious flaws. The plot is packed with characters and dense with events, both historically great and personally intimate. ... Full Review

a sweeping, semi-autobiographical film from Academy Award-winning director Istvan Szabo --....The film is relentlessly grim, without much humor or even hope (until, perhaps, the very end of the film).....As Ignatz, he's perfectly matched with Jennifer Ehle ( Wilde ) as his wife, Valerie, who both display a delicate passion;.... ... Full Review

Missing, however, is the spellbinding performance that would unify this behemoth of a movie.....If we are meant to interpret Sunshine as a cautionary tale about the dangers of denying one's roots, we come face-to-face with the realization....the most memorable moments in his movies are not the humanist ones.... ... Full Review

Szabo lingers over elegant traditional Jewish wedding scenes.....Only at that point do the undermining weaknesses of the film start to nag.....The intentions of the film are so good, the core themes are so important, and so much talent was brought to bear....Fiennes is a terrific crier..... ... Full Review

Sunshine" labors long and hard to map out the plight of the Sonnenscheins, and the result is an engrossing and powerful film of epic proportions. In director Istvan Szabo's mammoth 3 hour epic "Sunshine," members of the Sonnenschein family raise a toast to celebrate the dawn of the 20th century, a time they optimistically see as brewing with racial tolerance and unlimited possibilities. ... Full Review

There is a moment in the middle of Istvan Szabo's "Sunshine" where John Neville angrily confronts his Jewish relatives after the Holocaust. Ralph Fiennes is tearfully recounting how his father was frozen to death in a concentration camp, when Neville... ... Full Article

At 62, Istvn Szabs life covers a large chunk of the history he canvasses in his extraordinary film, Sunshine, set in his native Hungary over three generations. ... Full Article

By MICHAEL BECKERMAN ONE of the cleverest moments in the clever score for Istvan Szabo's film ''Sunshine'' occurs toward the end, when old Uncle Gustave Sonnenschein returns home to Budapest from abroad. ... Full Article

Ralph Fiennes achieved stardom by playing a Nazi death-camp commandant in "Schindler's List."He comes full circle in "Sunshine," in which he plays three different men from successive generations of the same Hungarian Jewish family. ... Full Article

       The struggle of religious families to protect their children from the secularization of their culture is the theme of Hungarian writer and director Istvan Szabos latest film Sunshine. ... Full Article