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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.
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So help me, this is a genuinely funny movie. It’s the first...
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Legendary 20th century English war poet Siegfried Sassoon embarks on a life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships. True salvation can only come from within.
May 20, 2022 · Some will find passages in Benediction hard to endure while sober, yet at its best it’s ferociously good. Here’s a period drama that shows an iconic figure getting wizened, rather than wiser.
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Sep 13, 2021 · Six years after taking a contemplative approach to the life of Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion, Terence Davies undertakes a thoughtful study of another poet, Siegfried Sassoon, in Benediction...
Sep 19, 2021 · ‘Benediction’ Review: Terence Davies Finds Room for Himself in a Heartbreaking Siegfried Sassoon Biopic Reviewed at San Sebastian Film Festival (Competition), Sept. 18, 2021.
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Mar 8, 2022 · Tweet. Terence Davies' filmmaking has always had a lyrical sweep so this biopic of Siegfried Sassoon fits him like pen in hand, ringing with poetic rhythm that forges connections beyond the everyday.
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May 31, 2022 · In “Benediction,” Davies turns Sassoon’s life into a self-conscious Hollywood melodrama, a grand historical tale that makes its very historicity its subject—and a story of memory that ...
