Film2022137 min

Benediction

Name: Benediction
Genre: War, Drama, History
Released: 2022
Duration: 137 min
Cast: Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeremy Irvine, Calam Lynch

Taste attributes: wardramahistoryhistoricalbiographyslowunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"Love is never still"

Boxlist takeA grounded war film that is weighty, gritty and stirring. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: very gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.6 /10

TMDB · 25 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
Style & visuals: Gritty, where this profile leans balanced style & visuals

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Synopsis

The story of soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), who was decorated for bravery on the Western Front, and is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about the First World War, which brought him public and critical acclaim. Avoiding the sentimentality and jingoism of many war poets, Sassoon wrote of the horror and brutality of trench warfare and contemptuously satirised generals, politicians, and churchmen for their incompetence and blind support of the war.

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