In my opinion, this was a very weak arthouse film. There were certainly good aspects, the usual things you’d expect from Robert Eggers: a great amount of historical research, beautiful cinematography (though I believe his previous films were better in this aspect) and detailled set dressing. Willem Dafoe’s performance was in my opinion the only believable one. The final scene was quite convincing.
However, this film simply lacked depth in almost every way. The acting was overall very poor. The…
