Sometimes, I read reviews on this site and wonder if I am caught in some parallel universe in which I see the same movie others see but from some other perspective.
A Violent Separation isn't pretending to be an Oscar winning movie or turn for any if the actors involved. It is an excellent story arc presented in just the right manner in which to create a tense slow burn atmosphere. None of the actors are particularly excellent or dynamic but that isn't what the movie was striving to present. I think an excellent performance may have taken away from the plot. I think the surprise ending had to happen. There was no other legitimate way that Norman and Frances could stay together and be a family or that the Sheriff and Father's need for resolution could be satisfied. Interestingly, I found Ben Robson to be the exact same character that he is on Animal Kingdom. I could have done without Ted Levine. He will never match his performance as the very twisted yet interesting psychopath in Silence of The Lambs.
Quite honestly, I am very dissapointment in the people who have dissed this movie. I almost didn't give it a chance. Now I feel like I need to find another source for reliable opinions on movies.
Review of A Violent Separation
A Violent Separation
(2019)
Did I watch the same movie these other people watched?
14 August 2019
Warning: Spoilers