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  First Reformed 2017

  ★★★½ Watched 25 Nov 2019 1

  Sometimes you dislike a movie because it reminds you too much of feelings or experiences that you are so desperately trying to bury or move past.
  First reformed captures the effects of self-hatred and feeling powerless.
  Everyone will tell you that you're causing your own problems; that you should let it go. However, I can't, in good conscience, purposefully choose ignorance and bliss.
  When you spiral down the only thing that can slow your descent are acts of control, even if they are destructive. The only thing that can save you is emotional intimacy with someone or others.

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