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Review: ROMA
Mike A - wrote on 12/26/18
Roma, Alfonso Cuaron's latest masterpiece, is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen in my life -- a personal, powerful portrait of a woman named Cleo, a young domestic worker who aids a middle-class family in 1970's Mexico City. It's a story about life -- one woman's life alongside an ordinary family, and the string of difficulties and emotional aching that Cuaron presents around Cleo is absolutely captivating in its realism and raw emotion.
Shot beautifully in stunning black and white, Roma is visually dazzling and often breathtaking, and features what has now become one of my favorite tracking shots of all time. Cuaron manages to pull magnificent and emotional performances out of these mostly unseasoned actors, who embody their characters with empathy and authenticity.
Simply put: Roma blew me away. I was at a loss for words when it had ended, and it has stuck with me ever since.
