Not a masterpiece, but artfully emotional.

Rating: 8/10 (1 February 2018)

8.5 out of 10 for clarification.
The first half of TSR hosts a handful of excellent scenes, high quality performances, some excellently crafted dialogue and cinematography. Despite this, in areas the drama still veers disconcertingly close to becoming tedious.
However, the final thirty minutes of TSR are where the film's true qualities become starkly apparent to the audience, as we are treated to scene after scene of emotionally power, devastating content.
However, I do not consider the film a masterpiece, and feel as though it falls short of this goal by a considerable margin. Therefore, the fact that TSR has garnered the fabled number one spot in terms of audience ratings on this site makes me question whether the judgement of the audience is too heavily influenced by the final act and not representative of the picture as a whole.