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Jun 3, 2022 · Reviews. Benediction. Drama. 137 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2022. Odie Henderson. June 3, 2022. 5 min read. “Benediction” bears the distinctive stamp of its writer/director, Terence Davies, a man whose films feel more like poetic meditations on moods, emotions, and events than straightforward narratives.
Sep 13, 2021 · Terence Davies’ ‘Benediction’: Film Review | TIFF 2021. Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi play World War I English poet Siegfried Sassoon in his younger years and his ruminative old age,...
Sep 19, 2021 · ‘Benediction’ Review: Terence Davies Finds Room for Himself in a Heartbreaking Siegfried Sassoon Biopic. Not every temporal shift lands in this ambitiously conceived study of the gay...
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Mar 8, 2022 · The poet first finds a kindred spirit in Dr Rivers (Ben Daniels, the standout of the film's many excellent supporting players), who reveals in a roundabout way that he, like Sassoon, is gay, and later encounters and falls in love with the young Wilfred Owen (Matthew Tennyson).
Jun 2, 2022 · Benediction review: An operatic portrait of postwar devastation. By Alex Welch June 2, 2022. In the final act of director Terence Davies’ achingly beautiful new film Benediction, a son asks his...
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May 20, 2022 · Benediction, review: the anguished, sensual life of Siegfried Sassoon. Terence Davies does little to sugarcoat the inner torment of Sassoon in this uncompromising biopic. 4/5. Clenched feeling:...
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Jun 2, 2022 · "Benediction" proves that Terrence Davies is a director and writer still very much at the top of his game. This is bold, visionary cinema that will linger long after the credits have rolled.
