Review of Testament (1988) by William A — 27 Nov 2018
As a movie buff who has matured with the film industry, you have to keep the expectations relevant to the time the film was made. Some of the acting is a bit hokey and the dialogue a bit contrived and cliche.
However, the film quickly sucks you in as things get real and they get real fast. To me, the plot was not about a gripping tale of survival and a ray of light peaking out of the darkness. It's simply a punch you straight in the face, it is what it is, gloomy film about how a woman watches her babies slowly rot and die.
Her community solemnly parallels her tragic experiences trying to hold on but eventually surrender and sympathy and the culture of their town with each resident. Essentially you see how life loses all purpose and makes no sense but her internal instincts push her to live on while there is no hope and no reason to live.
There are truly touching moments, such as discovering an unheard message on an answering machine and finding a lost teddy bear, that magnify the trivial aspects of everyday life into extremely important experiences that sky rocket your heart to hope but quickly bring you mercilessly crashing back to earth reminding you there is escaping.
It is a foreboding of a gruesome fate of the survivors of a nuclear holocaust.
This review of Testament (1988) was written by William A on 27 Nov 2018.
Testament has generally received positive reviews.
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