Three Peaks

Lea (Berenice Bejo), her boyfriend Aaron (Alexander Fehling), and her son Tristan (Arian Montgomery) backpack into the Italian. mountains and stay at a remote cabin. The focus here is on the interpersonal dynamic between the three, with the main emphasis being on Aaron's attempts at winning over the acceptance of Tristan, while Tristan tries to remain loyal to his father back home.

This is a very slow-burn film, actually too slow a burn for my tastes. In the latter part of the movie, however, things turn wild and shocking, although some of the elements seemed nonsensical at times

Overall, a mixed bag here for me, as the pace, as mentioned, was too slow for too long until it all gets wild and crazy. Plus, the ending here was too ambiguous for me. I might add the cinematography of the mountains was superb.

The topic is real, the acting is good, and the scenery is beautiful. Unfortunately, despite these positives, it doesn't make for a "good" movie. There's also the issue of three separate languages spoken. For example, it's not unusual to hear German, French, and English randomly and sometimes within the same conversation. If there was ever a need for subtitles, this movie is a perfect example of it. However, most of the time there's nothing and when there is, it's either lagging behind the actual dialogue and/or in English for those times the actors ARE speaking English.

Might have gotten another star, but the inconsistent use of subtitles for the elderly, disabled, hearing impaired, and ESL viewers is disrespectful & cheap on the part of the producers. Especially when audio & enunciation were garbled & at a low volume while during those moments when they decided not to subtitle. Dialogue is important!

Very slow moving for the first 90+% of the film unless you like watching future dad doing everyday basic play things w/future stepson - nothing extraordinary. Final scenes not believable & seemed hastily thrown together to simply create a bit of drama. Any symbolisms intended would be like lipstick on a pig.