Benedetta (Mubi) Movie Review & Comments

Casimir Harlow

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2016's Elle offered a spark of hope, with a powerhouse lead performance from Isabelle Huppert
Elle is a significantly better film than Benedetta, if you ask me - if someone claimed it was the best thing Verhoeven had ever done, I wouldn't feel particularly inclined to argue with them.
 
I guess lesbian nuns always go down well (badoom…tish), but I feel the same way about this as I felt about Titane. There’s a fine line between art and clumsy provocation, and I’m not 100% that it’s not the latter. If these movies were made in English by young American men rather than in French by arty European types, they may be viewed differently?
 
Hmm, the trailer makes this look a bit like a more restrained version of The Devils (1971).
 

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