Review of Higher Ground (2011) by Dan S — 11 Mar 2014
An intriguing, if ultimately unsuccessful take on religion and how one woman (Vera Farmiga) begins to struggle with her faith while living within a somewhat cultish group of people. Farmiga shows she is a capable director, and her performance is outstanding, but ultimately the movie feels too simple, like she is settling instead of going all-in and taking real risks.
In the end, the film benefits from its character development and remains interesting even if it is slowly paced, but ultimately it is just an average offering on the topic of religion that is not too memorable.
Far from bad, but skipable.
This review of Higher Ground (2011) was written by Dan S on 11 Mar 2014.
Higher Ground has generally received positive reviews.
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