Culture Clash, Doing What Isn't Wanted.

Rating: 10/10 (6 February 2018)

Culture clash or milder, custom clash. Those two words summarize this film for me. I'm surprised at the many reviewers who overlook this. I don't think of Scorsese or the Catholic religion, but rather my own personal experience. Don't you yourself have customs or a culture that make you you? Something as simple as your ball team. Would you sell out your team for the other team? If challenged you wouldn't and couldn't give up what you are for anything. It's like the pressure of environment over heredity. This film is about that. How much pain can you endure before you would give your self up? Can you ever see the other side? Even if you did would you give up your own side? If you haven't experienced this in real life, why would you like this film? I have.
9 February
I didn't quite capture what I wanted to say. Have you ever wanted to do something and were totally prohibited? You want to do it because you feel it's right and important. You are surrounded by those who don't understand, don't care, and insist you keep silent. Even your teacher whom you believed in is strangely silent. That is what I see in this film.