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I saw it last week at my local festival, and I have to say - it holds up. Immediately after the show I wasn't sure what my thoughts were, my brain was everywhere, but it's stuck with me. I'm a week later and I am still thinking about it.

It's emotional, it has a decent message, it was worth the time.

I'll say a lot of people won't like this film. It's not edge of your seat, it's not action, it's a very emotional story, and I've heard people say "I wish I could get those 2 hours back". Which man, I feel sorry if you can't empathize with a character to that level. For me, I was just left feeling emotionally, drained - but in a good way, like I had really experienced something.

This is definitely career defining for Joel Edgerton. I'd only ever seen him as young-Uncle Owen in the prequels, but he did a fantastic job.

William H Macy was also phenomenal. We like to think of him as goofy, but he absolutely nails his role.

Anyway, I personally enjoyed it, and if you like A24/independent style films, it's worth it. I recommend seeing it in a theater you know people will respect it, like your local indie-house or privately at home.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm glad it does! However since it has only been at festivals I read that as 97% of people who like film festivals like it, I worry once the general public sees it

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, but the general public are idiots.