Them That Follow (2019)
Aug 10, 2019 19:14:05 GMT
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Post by Sharbs on Aug 10, 2019 19:14:05 GMT
The cast is uniformly excellent which is no surprise given three actors in this gave three of the very best performances of the last few years. BUT.... this isn't really the ensemble piece I was expecting. There is only one arc which is Mara played wonderfully by Alice Englert. Every other character serves as sort of an input machine in which Mara churns into her own opinions, experiences and decisions.
The philosophies, practices (minus the snake-wielding) and even vernacular are so incredibly similar to the Pentecostal church I went to in my two college years. There was a touch of 'look how silly these people are for their beliefs', which I love when movies can do effectively, but it wasn't the only focus of this film. It was a ton of fun re-living the silliness.
I could see this as a 150 minute ensemble piece and if it were and executed well this would be the best movie. But as it stands it's really good and gets absolute bonus points for actually including Speaking-in-Tongues which was such an everyday part of life a few years back. NEEDS MORE SNAKE WIELDING
8/10
MVPs: Colman, Goggins, Dever
The philosophies, practices (minus the snake-wielding) and even vernacular are so incredibly similar to the Pentecostal church I went to in my two college years. There was a touch of 'look how silly these people are for their beliefs', which I love when movies can do effectively, but it wasn't the only focus of this film. It was a ton of fun re-living the silliness.
I could see this as a 150 minute ensemble piece and if it were and executed well this would be the best movie. But as it stands it's really good and gets absolute bonus points for actually including Speaking-in-Tongues which was such an everyday part of life a few years back. NEEDS MORE SNAKE WIELDING
8/10
MVPs: Colman, Goggins, Dever
