Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s film shows a glimpse of a one family life and how it's affected by surrounding forces. It's a movie about guilt, grief and murder. I have my issues with the realism of the story, but then I don't know enough about Ceylan's films. Apparently, whether you find it gripping or disappointing largely depends on how familiar you're with his earlier work. It's slow and melodramatic both visually and tonally. I found it long, and there were quite a few scenes that the film could do without. The shots that didn't set the scene or gave anything to it - it seemed like the film was full of time fillers, beautifully shot yet meaningless. I didn't see the reason for it to be disaturated to the extent of almost being black and white. It's sepia tonality didn't add to the story, but distracted along with countless silent moments. I felt that the screenplay and the visual language both wanted to tell a story and you could almost feel the competition between them both.
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