Eva Löbau’s lynchpin performance as Melanie is a shattering lesson in the tropes of timidity and awkwardness, and serves in taking this cinema of cruelty into as yet uncharted territory.
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06/24/06
The Forest for the Trees (2003)
77 %
Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 10 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Runtime: 81 mins
Synopsis: In this engaging German drama from impressive first-time director Maren Ade, Melanie Pröschle (Eva Loebau) is a young, idealistic, and somewhat naive teacher just starting her first job in a rough city school who, despite her best intentions, can't seem to make things go smoothly, either... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Eva Löbau, Ilona Schulz, Robert Schupp
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1 - 14 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critic
Engaging, low-budget German drama with a strong script and a heart-breaking central performance from Eva Löbau.
02/16/06
For a first film, it's accomplished; for a college project, it's astonishing.
02/14/06
Top Critic
Una cruda pero fascinante revisión de lo influyente que puede ser para la vida de una persona la carencia de inteligencia emocional, la baja autoestima y los prejuicios sociales.
11/05/07
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12/30/06
Forest has the look of a film that might have been made by a first-timer with visions of Sundance in her head.
12/15/06
An affecting, very intelligent work, done with an eye for realism and a heart for the lonely, insulted and injured.
07/06/06
A very well put together slice of life story showing us a character that always feels one hundred percent realistic.
12/06/05
The movie makes the audience, like many of the other characters in the movie, simply want to get rid of her.
12/06/05
Tapping in to primal fears of professional ineptitude and social rejection with an almost sadistic meticulousness, The Forest for the Trees is a precisely modulated first film.
04/02/05
Top Critic
All you can do is sit there and wait for the meltdown, and to see how many people Melanie takes out when she goes all Jeremy.
04/02/05
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