Julius Redding Seeing this film in a theaters absolutely blew me away. The sound design and cinematography is absolutely brilliant. So dope. Subtle way to tell a large story, I loved how the movie didn't just blast out some fool talking at me about fishing. Who gives a f*ck. This was a more powerful way to get at the same point. I recommend this film to just about anybody with an open mind, but this is a MUST see in theaters to experience the power of this film. I can't imagine watching this film on a tiny computer screen DON'T DO IT!Powerful film, beautiful filmmaking, looking forward to these cats next flick

ged_b It's not a documentary. It's art. As such it is quite unusual and can be a bit hypnotic, but as a documentary, it is dire. Perhaps if I'd been ingesting LSD25 or other hallucinogenic, or even been smoking some 'righteous' herbs it might have won me over more, but chilling out one cold evening it was neither entertaining nor enlightening nor even controversial or emotional at all.Dull art, mostly.It even goes as far as to begin to repeat itself at one point, and allowed me to think.. "Oh good, it's ending with full circle", but it was only half way.

joelgadd4 I've never felt compelled to counteract negative reviews on this site before, but in the case of Leviathan I couldn't help myself. If I had come to this film expecting a traditional documentary on the commercial fishing industry, I may have been contributing my very own one-star critique right now. Then again, if I'd thought this was going to be a traditional documentary on the commercial fishing industry, I probably wouldn't have watched it in the first place.Leviathan is definitely experimental (though experiential may be a better descriptor for it.) It offers no narration, no facts or figures, no conclusion or agenda. The only dialogue we hear is, for the most part, distorted to the point of abstraction. What Leviathan does offer is an immersive, hypnotic experience. The sounds and images are alternately nightmarish, surreal and eerily beautiful. Even the rudimentary glimpses into the lives of the fishermen on board are rendered at an odd reserve, remaining as enigmatic as the seabirds we see throughout the film, crashing into the black waves. Experiencing this movie is like being transformed into an alien observer; the ordinary becomes extraordinary.Of course, everyone's entitled to an opinion, and I can completely understand why a person might hate this movie. It truly is a Rorschach blot of a film, allowing the audience to engage with it from almost any angle imaginable. I think that's where Leviathan's beauty lies. Anyone interested in what movies can show us should at least give this one a shot.

michele fiorentino Well my review is partial because I could not stand watching it all even in fast forward. Sorry for the author and staff, I can grasp the artistic reality of the shots (maybe hidden??) but the "documentaristic" does'nt mean for me that i have to be standing in front of a black screen looking for the camera to point somewhere interesting. To make it worst I love the sea and sea creatures and maybe the message is for everybody and for everyday when eating fish you must think to the "wild hunt behind". I suggest sea lover to go for the perfect storm or discovery channel hi sea fishing documentary. They do the same message and give an idea of this hard work, the most dangerous in the world!