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By A.a. Dowd (854) for Empire (3,446) on 17 May 2022

Benediction finds both sorrow and hilariously withering wit in the eventful  life of a famed wartime poet, offering some of the sharpest,…

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By Alan Ng (404) for Film Threat (5,156) on 15 May 2022

The narrative is mournful about a man who lived a long tragic life, a dark and depressing tale of young men having to hide their sexual orientation…

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By Phil De Semlyen (265) for Time Out (7,510) on 12 May 2022

A benediction is a prayer for divine help…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 04 Nov 2021

The sheer depth of Sassoon's personal misery feels like a brutally unfashionable thing for a contemporary film to confront, but Davies, who’s…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Sep 2021

Terence Davies’s film is a rhapsodic portrayal of an upper-crust milieu in which words are wielded like weapons by people who might otherwise…

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By Gregory Ellwood (229) for The Playlist (3,871) on 14 Sep 2021

Despite Davis’ lyrical direction, the obvious gaps in the screenplay provide too many holes for what strives to be a definitive portrait…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 13 Sep 2021

This is a film that trembles with a need for redemption that never comes, and the urgency of that search is palpable enough that you can feel…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 13 Sep 2021

Benediction is not an easy experience and some of the caustic, brittle dialogue scenes with Sassoon’s celebrity acquaintances are grating…

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By C.j. Prince (29) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 13 Sep 2021

The comedy in Benediction is like a spoonful of sugar before Davies brings in the medicine…

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By Kate Taylor (347) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 13 Sep 2021

The dialogue is quietly scathing, and the production values are sumptuous…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 13 Sep 2021

It’s an elegant piece of filmmaking, if a little too decorous at times…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 13 Sep 2021

This biographical drama, grounded in the anguished poetry of its protagonist, is hushed and decorous to a fault…

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