pls write your reviews of the movie...

Hmmm... I just saw it a few hours ago, and I'm very disappointed in Milcho... It's a good story, but the direction is awful. He's a great director in my opinion, but he either tried way too hard and got lost in his own imagination here, or he didn't try at all. There were too many unnecessary repetetive scenes. I couldn't wait for it to finish as I was hoping for at least a good ending which would sum up what the heck was going on. It did, and it wasn't too bad, but it should have happened way earlier.
The acting was horrible.

It's really too bad, because the story is pretty good and a lot more could (and should) have been done with it.

brilliant film. a bit frightfull at first..... with that creepy old woman.

i also agree that the film did somewhat DRAAAAAAAGGGGGGG on and on in some places. the shots were great, and i understand that u probably wanted to keep the nice shots, but at some points, i felt like screaming "i get it already". BUT.....but in the end everything comes together and the deeper meaning of the film is revealed and it was a beautful way to get your point across.

also, too much explicti sex scenes ... i know its a euro film, but it was a but much!


i like that acting, the mother was a typical rich balkan woman. lol

the use of reflections and mirrors was awesome.
great contrast of the relationship between the guy and his wife and the guy and the professors wife.
i also like the design of the mother's doctor office.

I posted my notes in the user comment area, but will post here, too. I had similar feelings to others who have written. I thought the film was too long and a lot of the sex, gratuitous. That said, however, I thought Shadows was really pretty rich--a kind of confection of great frames, fascinating faces, some really pitch-perfect acting (I agree Lazar and Menka were not strong, but I didn't feel they detracted either), and unnerving events--with perhaps the best crash scene, or one of the best crash scenes, I have seen in film. My observation re: the accident might sound like hyperbole, but the psychology of the scene is sheer perfection. Its details are choice. I felt horrified, too, empathizing with all the people in the reaction shots, but at the same time exhilarated because it all looked so damn interesting! (The film has great cutaways!) I love it when a movie takes control of my moods and this has a driver's opening. There is also some great counterpoint with scenes and music. I found this film really very masterful. This film is better with a second viewing--like watching The Conformist--one always notices new and fascinating details in the frame. I think lopping off 20 minutes and the extraneous sex, would've done the trick--making for a very tight film. And I also agree, the ending is very good. Right. My friends who saw it thought he nailed the ending.

...But among the crowds a little child suddenly gasped out, "But he
hasn't got anything on."
End of story.

When you say "here in Macedonia" you probably mean Skopje. Because Macedonia is Greece, unless you consider Skopje to be part of Greece, in which case, there is no problem at all! :))