Director: Todd Field. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Mark Strong. 158 min. Drama.
- You've most likely seen these people: elites who use their elitism as a shield, to say whatever they want and do whatever they want, and maybe even commit crimes, and then when confronted with their words or actions, intellectualize with some lengthy philosophical psychobabble that makes you wonder: What just happened?
- Cate Blanchette plays one of those elites. She's one of the greatest orchestra conductors of her time, and that shield has made her untouchable when to her own benefit, she abuses and ruins other people's lives. Don't want to spoil any further, but when you see her, you'll recognize: wow, she's so much like this or that highly-educated person I know - that person who looks very benign on the outside, but is a destructive force of nature; because of the smart ways they wiggle themselves out of the moral disgrace they advertise.
- The film has very long sequences of people sitting around talking, and that hurts the films pacing. But towards the end, you understand why the development of this character needed to be drawn out so much.
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