Priceless

Roadside Attractions | Release Date: October 14, 2016

6.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Ratings

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LeZeeJul 13, 2017

Fighting for shouldn't always be on its worth. Knowing what's right and wrong's enough.

A good awareness film, but struggled to narrate what it wanted to say in a standard way like any average films does. It was about forced prostitution,Fighting for shouldn't always be on its worth. Knowing what's right and wrong's enough.

A good awareness film, but struggled to narrate what it wanted to say in a standard way like any average films does. It was about forced prostitution, especially for poor immigrants. It was the story of Antonia and Maria, the illegal Mexican immigrants, but told from James, a truck driver who recently lost his wife. Now the life worth living is for his daughter who has been taken by the childcare. But one day on his job, while delivering a cargo, he comes to know his commitment is wrong. At first not realising the depth of the issue, later he decides to fight for it, but it was too late, yet he never gives up.

Films like 'Taken', 'Trade', 'Eden', all are very similar to this. Each tells undigestable tales, which mostly based on the real like this one. Thematically, this film can be praised, but not all quite well in the screenplay. The first is, it was slightly religiously motivated. Yeah, I like morals from the religious aspect, especially when it is used to fight for good, not to promote the belief. I appreciate, it did not lean on that overall, except the characters designed that way. On the other hand, the performances were not up to laudable, especially the emotions parts lacked the feeling.

Since it was not entirely based on the real, but parts of various true events, the screenplay should have filled better with other contents. The opening and the final acts were good, though the middle section lacked the pace and the story event. So now you know what this film is about, and I think it is worth a watch, mainly for the message it carries. Interesting, this film turned into a book, which seems a good idea as it is more like that sort of portrayal than for a cinematic.

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skeptic303Nov 10, 2016

Priceless is a faith based movie covering a very concerning and oftentimes frightening topic: human trafficking. If there is anything one should know about making movies that cover such a topic, it would be wise to explore the situation asPriceless is a faith based movie covering a very concerning and oftentimes frightening topic: human trafficking. If there is anything one should know about making movies that cover such a topic, it would be wise to explore the situation as critically as possible...too late.
This movie does the dull favor of focusing more on the plot than on the story, which is a big mistake. Rather than fleshing out the theme of the horrors of human trafficking, it instead follows the mainly cliché outside character rather than the characters in the situation of human trafficking. This movie is actually the second movie of its kind to fail the exact same way this year alone.
Besides the theme and the characters, the pacing is pretty bad for about the first third of the movie because of an occasional lack of focus. Furthermore, by the end, this movie thinks it did its job very well and decides to advertise its website in hopes of donations that will go to stopping human trafficking.
On one hand, its a noble intention; on the other, the producers should do their homework on the bystander effect and actual stories of human trafficking from those who experienced it. When everything is accounted for, the movie fails in many respects and only earns a seal of expendability out of respect alone.… Expand

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