Review of Breaking the Waves (2014) by Steve A — 26 Feb 2014
Wonderful performance by Emily Watson in her break through role--she plays an emotionally disturbed woman with a beautiful soul who sacrifices herself so that her husband may live. The plot here is so strange.
Although Bess's sacrifice is agonizing and humiliating, in a story that on paper could be part of a porn movie, in this film her beautiful purpose and love come shining through to make the story really about the power of faith and love, and in a strange way, spiritual.
In the end, Bess achieves that for which she sacrificed so much, and her act is duly acknowledged.
This review of Breaking the Waves (2014) was written by Steve A on 26 Feb 2014.
Breaking the Waves has generally received positive reviews.
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