Review of The Northman (2022) by Dana Stevens for Slate — 25 Apr 2022
At 137 minutes, The Northman can feel ponderously crammed with both mystic visions (however hauntingly rendered) and Mel Gibson–grade sadistic gore. Somewhere around the two-hour point, the endless bone-crunching battle scenes—while impeccably choreographed and breathtakingly shot in fluid long takes—start to become existentially wearying and even morally suspect.
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This review of The Northman (2022) was written by Dana Stevens and published by Slate on 25 Apr 2022.
The Northman has generally received positive reviews.
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