SIRAT
This is just a quick note. Peter's review is perfect. I just want to add that I loved this film. I also wanted to say that you need to either see this is a theater with great sound, with headphones or on a home system with great sound. I say that because the sound coupled with the image enhances the film thematically. The sound and image create a head space that adds to the film. This is a one of a kind film and rcommended.
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
The best of the Knives Out films is the story of a murder on Good Friday where the new priest is the suspect. While the mystery is interesting, the film is more of interest for the discussion of faith and belief that is floating around it. (That stuff is magnificent) The reason I say that is the film's early goofy edge seems to have been artifically inserted into the mystery. I'm not saying the humor doesn't belong, I'm just saying that the over the top/ cartoony nature gave me the wrong sort of distance for the first half of the film. (The plotting also has a few odd turns that wobbles things -but I can't discuss that without wrecking the mystery)
That said, I liked it as a film and loved it as an exploration of faith and it is the only one I will watch again.
Recommended.
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