Review of Affliction (1998) by Jonathan Rosenbaum for Chicago Reader — 28 Aug 2013
A brave effort to stare down the specter of American failure, it gets off on the wrong foot by pretentiously turning the doomed hero into a Christ figure--a traffic cop with arms extended in crucifixion mode--before the story even gets started.
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This review of Affliction (1998) was written by Jonathan Rosenbaum and published by Chicago Reader on 28 Aug 2013.
Affliction has generally received positive reviews.
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