Brutally intense tenderness.

Rating: 8/10 (30 July 2019)

Well, that was 121 minutes of brutal, steadily escalating intensity.
There are a lot of comments about the films religious metaphors. While I see this and part of me agrees, I was also thinking it was a statement about adulation and the life-destroying potential of believing in the hype.
Well written, well acted, well made. I found the mob physical attack on Jennifer Lawrence's character particularly brutal, disturbing, and difficult to watch.
I recommend this movie. But it's definitely not for the faint-hearted.