Product Details

• Actors: Caroline Roboh, Ash Newman, Cyrielle Clair, Istvan Szabo
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: French
• Subtitles: French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: HP Releasing
• DVD Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000HT3Q28
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,610 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Shem" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A bored London teen travels to Europe at his grandmother's request to locate his grandfather's grave and finds himself along the way.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 7-NOV-2006
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Twenty somethings, February 28, 2007

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C. Duffy (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shem (DVD)

For many twenty something's entering adulthood nowadays, it's hard to find ones place in society. Daniel, our protagonist in the movie is feeling fed-up and under appreciated with his dead-end job and like many people his age who would love to get away, decides to toss it all to the wind; his job, his income, his partner(s) and take a whirl-wind trip around Eastern Europe to get his mind off his dull dead end, seemingly meaningless life. What he encounters along his journey, contrary to his reasons for leaving however, begin to change his outlook on life and his ancestry. For those who wish to pick up and leave never to look back, Shem may just be what you need to get away, without leaving everything you know.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful mess, January 31, 2007

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Michael L. Wiersma "ksmichael" (Springfield, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shem (DVD)

Beautiful scenes and cinematography and a handsome leading man do not make up for an awkward, disjointed, poorly-developed ride around Eastern Europe in search of a story. Add to that an unlikeable and unsympathetic leading character and you have picture-postcard quality beautiful emptiness, which is this movie.

I got through it hoping that it would have some point or resolution to tie it all together and make the journey worthwhile. It didn't happen. The story isn't here and the character development doesn't happen. You have to watch the extra on the DVD where the director "explains" the movie. It's helpful, as the movie isn't all that clear.

I'd stay away from this. It's a nicely shot and well put-together film in search of a meaning and lacking a story. It's not even worth a rental except maybe to get to see the scenery and shots around Europe.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shem Review, May 26, 2008

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Norman R. Spangler "ahhnorm" (Orlando, Fl USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shem (DVD)

Shem is a awesome movie about aveture and being young traveling across eastern europe Ash Newman does an awesome role in this film and made it interesting and exciting filled with much joy and sadiness.