Review of The Elephant Man (1980) by Dylan N — 26 Jan 2009
The Elephant Man achieves the rare feat of making an attempt at saying something profound about mankind without falling into the Venus Flytrap of cliche and sentimentality. The film presents an appropriately pessimistic portrait of man as cold and devoid of compassion while still including the necessary "redemptive characters" without making them seem too saintly.
None, save for the Elephant Man himself, is painting as totally pure, as most are condemned as evil and hopelessly, irredeemably lost. Not as deeply affecting and moving as it would like to be, but true enough to art to be passable.
This review of The Elephant Man (1980) was written by Dylan N on 26 Jan 2009.
The Elephant Man has generally received very positive reviews.
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