Review of A Sunday in the Country

A Sunday in the Country is a simple film about a family gathering together at the patriarch's home for the day. His son's entire clan comes on a regular basis, but his single daughter is not around as often. There wasn't much to this movie, to be honest. Seeing the family dynamics play out felt a little bland. It's not that I'm looking for a lot of conflict in a film like this one, but most of their conversations seemed very surface-level and didn't explore anything all that interesting. Even when the daughter comes onto the scene, and clearly brings some alternative ideas and opinions, it never took the movie anywhere I was excited to go.

One thing I did enjoy in A Sunday in the Country was the brief memories that we see brought to life on screen. Rather than always talking about what happened in the past, the film would give us a quick glimpse. I would have liked more of this and less narration to be honest. These visions created a magical feeling of nostalgia tied to the long history of the home and the family in it. All in all, there was nothing unpleasant about A Sunday in the Country, but I didn't find anything that stood out as overly exciting or enjoyable either. It felt authentic and real, which can be tough with intimate films like this one, yet it falls into the sad category of films I didn't mind but will probably forget soon.