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Minamata walks a fine line of being a straight up documentary with slight deviations and an even sadder romance. It tells the story of a war Photographer named W. Eugene Smith who travels to Japan in the year 1971 in order to document the devastating effects of mercury poisoning in coastal communities. He meets various characters who deepen the story through their own experiences and how what is happening directly affected them.
Just to clear something up, Johnny Depp never impressed me as an actor, he was one of those one-sided actors who always does the same routine in every film. Would probably put him a few places above Ryan Reynolds in that one type actor category. They found out what works for them and that particular thing always brings in the audience, but when you stop and think, some mannerisms get stale quick. This movie changed my view on that and showed everyone what Johnny can actually do, some would even call it a career best and they are absolutely right about that.
Minamata is slow and methodical, introducing constantly newer threads and expanding them, accompanied with some frightening/intense scenes of that aforementioned mercury poisoning and solid acting, it excels in every aspect.
Highly recommend this one, however be ready for a gripping albeit sad story about greed and how much humanity will persevere in the most trying times. Even if you aren’t interested in the place or story, just witnessing Johnny in this role after that whole fiasco with Amber and after so many losses, even a bittersweet victory is still a victory.
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