3/5 Incendiary
  by Patricia Grace
The movie was interest. Watching this woman deal with her grief and guilt was a bit strange. I would not watch the second time.

4/5 Dear Osama
  by prisrob (New EnglandUSA)
Dear Osama," "They say that life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. Do you find that, sitting in your cave with your Kalashnikov?" Michelle Williams plays a young London woman who is trying to piece her life together after a tragedy. If ever there was a one woman show, this is it, even though there are other actors. I gave this film 4 stars because of her acting.

For some reason this young woman remains married to a man who gives her little attention. She is beautiful and resilient and keeps their marriage and their much beloved son together, for what, I can only imagine. She begins the narrative on this film talking about her son and she tells us she will explain soon. On a fine day, husband and son go off the latest Arsenal/Chelsea game. The young woman meets up with her next door neighbor, they had a one night affair and again the attraction and they meet and well.... All Hell has broken loose and a terrorist attack occurs and husband and son are not coming home.;. Young mum convinces the next door neighbor, a journalist for a London paper, to take her to the site and in the middle of this, she is injured. To top this doozy of a film off, her husband worked for a government anti-terrorist group. His supervisor tries to take care of the young woman. In the meantime the young journalist has found information of a government secret. In and out and about the story goes with no where to settle.

This could have been a wonderful film with more of a story. We have to fill in too many bits and pieces. Michelle Williams is the story but that is not enough for this film. I loved the essence of this film, and what it could have said.

Recommended. prisrob 09-01-09

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5/5 5 stars to Michelle Williams
  by Ralph Padgug (California, US)
Incendiary features a stunning performance by Michelle Williams, on a level with the likes of Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchet, etc. Williams portrays a young woman from the East End of London (apparently a working class neighborhood.) Her husband and 4 yr old son are killed in a suicide bombing that happens during a soccer game, claiming the lives of over 1,000 people.

Ironically, her husband is a member of the police force bomb squad. Tragically, her son is an exceptionally bright and loving boy, also wonderfully played by Sidney Johnston. The relationship between mother and son is extremely touching, and the loss of her child is heart-breaking. The loss of the husband (who had plenty of affection for his son and none for his wife) cannot compare.

To complicate matters, at the very moment the bombing occurs, the mother is having sex with a friend/neighbor, a journalist (Ewan McGregor) who ends up investigating one of the bombers.

In this post 9/11 decade with the supposed "war on terror" casting suspicions and bigotry right and left, the actions of Williams' character are amazing. She locates the widow of the bomber, and meets and befriends the bomber's son, who still believes his father is alive. Her courage and humanity know no bounds, especially as demonstrated in the letter she writes to Osama bin Laden (an exercise recommended by her grief therapy counselor.)

A touching film worth seeing, especially for the unexpectedly amazing talent of Michelle Williams. 5 stars for her, 4+ for the film

1/5 Forget this one!
  by PINS (Maryland, USA)
Very, very slow moving ... at times hard to follow/stay focused. The point of the movie is that terrorism is bad, it destroys lives, and guilt makes one do odd things - that's it.
Forget this one unless you need someting to help you fall asleep.

5/5 Loved it......
  by BJ (East Peoria, IL United States)
"Incendiary" is not only a unique and wonderful story, its captivating!

I'm happy to see at least a few good reviews here, because the movie does'nt seem to be that well known, yet.

While on vacation this past week, I rented a slew of movies, "Reservation Road", "Defiance", "He's Just Not That Into You", "Doubt" along with "Incendiary". All those other movies were good, but they were exactly what I was expecting them to be. "Incendiary" was one of the last movies I watched and it turned out to be the best. In fact it was one of the best movies I've seen in awhile and I watch alot of movies.

I wasn't completely sold on Michele Willams, but Ewan McGregor drew me in and his role ended up being a rather small one. It's a great movie with alot of heart and raw emotion in it, Michelle Williams is the main focus of the movie and she doesn't disappoint.

This is another one of those movies that has a slow build up and it just keeps building up until the climax.

"Incendiary" is based off the book by Chris Cleave, which was originally released right around or on the same day as the July 7th, 2005 London subway terrorist attacks. Follow this link to the book- Incendiary

Highly recommended movie!!