Talk:Hounds (film)

Hounds (film) is currently a Film good article nominee. Nominated by Mooonswimmer at 00:32, 6 April 2024 (UTC) An editor has indicated a willingness to review the article in accordance with the good article criteria. Further reviews are welcome from any editor who has not contributed significantly to this article (or nominated it), and can be added to the review page, but the decision whether or not to list the article as a good article should be left to the first reviewer. Short description: 2023 film by Kamal Lazraq

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Nominator: Mooonswimmer (talk · contribs) 00:32, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Averageuntitleduser (talk · contribs) 22:12, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds fun, I'll be taking this. Averageuntitleduser (talk) 22:12, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for the wait, @Mooonswimmer: the review is underway and will be finished tomorrow! Averageuntitleduser (talk) 04:35, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking forward to it! Mooonswimmer 04:47, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Mostly nitpicks here. I am very intrigued by the plot summary; this just oozes tension. As well, the distinction of the "Themes" section is nice, and I like its structure.

• In the cast section, could you add "as [character name]" after each actor? Variety gives a few of these but not all, though this is okay, since it can presumably be cited to the end credits.
• Use "Elaid" or "Elaïd" consistently.
• Very minor, but chose to and choose to are redundant.
• a real abduction — very minor, I'd just leave this at "an abduction".
• when they did not proceed as intended — could this be elaborated? If not, perhaps "he was not satisfied with" would be a more clear replacement.
• The storyline evolved during filming and editing, leading to significant rewrites. — I feel this would better placed before the previous sentence, which seems to expand upon it.
• a deeply immersive, documentary-style camera for this film — strictly speaking, "deeply immersive" is attributed to Berrada, but how about this to be safe: "a documentary-style camera, which she described as 'deeply immersive', for this film."
• Very minor, but per MOS:POSS, add another "s" to actors' and characters' or rearrange the sentences.
• neo-realism — "Italian neorealism" seems a good link.
• "real" — I think there are some good replacements that wouldn't need quotes to make sense, like "rightful".
• This is really subtle, but two opinions in the "Reception" section are stated in WikiVoice and should be attributed. For example, praises the film for its use of gallows humor and ability to maintain tension could be rephrased as "praises the film for its use of gallows humor and what she saw as an ability to maintain tension". The other spot to fix is: praised the film for its effective portrayal of events over the course of one night.
• I suggest removing the "Critical response" subsection.

Sources generally seem reliable. Of the sources that could have reliability issues (Les Ecos, Le360, Arri, L'Opinion), they are using Lazraq or Berrada's words or seem inconspicuous enough for what they cite.

• I have a few source suggestions for the "Awards and nominations" section. I would replace them myself, but I figure it would be best to run them by you. The Haifa International Film Festival source could be replaced by this convenient article from The Jerusalem Post via PressReader. British Cinematographer is probably a fine publication, but I'd feel better using a primary source. For the Marrakech International Film Festival, Hespress could be replaced with this article from Screen Daily, which seems a bit more established.

In progress.

In progress.

No issues here, just the one minor prose comment above. Opinions are attributed and seem balanced in terms of due weight.

No recent content disputes or edit wars.

The poster has a proper fair use rationale. I couldn't find any free images of the actors, the set, or any film festivals, so the article seems to cover its bases.

Apologies for being the speed of a sloth, admittedly, there was a painfully long internet outage on my end. But anyways, I hope this is enough to work on before I finish up my comments. Averageuntitleduser (talk) 04:57, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]