Review of Hacksaw Ridge (2016) by Bilge Ebiri for Village Voice — 02 Nov 2016
As a filmmaker, Gibson understands that there is something fundamentally irreconcilable about Doss’ love of peace, his abject and visceral revulsion at battle and a war movie’s embrace of violence.
Somehow, the director has made a film that can contain that contradiction — that remains irreducible. He breaks his own movie, and somehow the movie is better for it.
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This review of Hacksaw Ridge (2016) was written by Bilge Ebiri and published by Village Voice on 02 Nov 2016.
Hacksaw Ridge has generally received very positive reviews.
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