Review of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

at the end of this movie, i realized there was very little character development of the two main characters, to make the viewer care, which is a necessary ingredient of any movie. we are never told anything about the boy who impregnates the girl, and why isn't he helping instead of the roommate? we have no idea why her roommate will do anything to help. we are not subjected at all to the brutality that existed in Romania at the time of the movie - what's the point???? we follow these 2 throughout the movie, investing 2 hrs, then a very abrupt ending, which by itself is not so bad, but what is, is the director's total lack of story development. the writer/director comes across as some amateur movie maker, making his 1st movie, & maybe it is. the academy was correct to have not included in this year's foreign film selections, contrary to the NY times' supercilious review and criticism.