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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...
- The Lodger
Jun 2, 2022 · ‘Benediction’ Review: A Poet’s Life, in Love and War. Terence Davies’s latest film is a biography of Siegfried Sassoon, whose writing about World War I changed British literature. Share full...
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 British...
- Guy Lodge
Benediction. 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.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Terence Davies
- 2021-12-23
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 reflects...
Jun 8, 2022 · British director Terence Davies’s ninth feature centres on Siegfried Sassoon, a poet and decorated war veteran who suffered from shell shock and struggled to find 'redemption' from his secret ...
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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,...
