Hotel Colonial
“Hotel Colonial” has a story that probably should have worked better than it does. A man searching for his brother in a dangerous, unstable place sounds like something worth following, but the movie tells it in a way that keeps you at a distance from everybody involved. Maybe the main character is supposed to feel out of place wherever he goes, but the film becomes so disconnected and hard to follow that it’s difficult to care about what happens. I kept waiting to connect with somebody or something in the film, but mostly I just felt like I was watching events happen without ever being pulled into them.
Mini Review: “Hotel Colonial” has a story that probably should have worked better than it does. A man searching for his brother in a dangerous, unstable place sounds like something worth following, but the movie tells it in a way that keeps you at a distance from everybody involved. Maybe the main character is supposed to feel out of place wherever he goes, but the film becomes so disconnected and hard to follow that it’s difficult to care about what happens.