Wonderful Town

Demonstrates that it's still entirely possible to make a movie outside the framework of pop genre cinema that is engrossing, moving and, in its unassertive way, quietly entertaining.

A purposeful, almost meditative exploration of the scars left on a people's psyche after tragedy.

There's a folksy majesty to Wonderful Town, born of its leisurely pace, pastoral views of idyllic scenery and a storytelling drive set only slightly faster than slow motion. It recalls a lot of rustic, independent English-language films of the '90s

"Wonderful Town", the promising first film by Aditya Assarat, has a great amount of outer spirit, though what it truly lacks is an expressive inner life.