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filed under things that happen when men don’t talk it out

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as expected, the true instigator of the conflict was airbnb

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if you thought banshees of inisherin was sad, y’all aren’t ready for this

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Who fucking knew sheep farming was THAT fucking intense in Ireland!?!?

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Were the lambs silent or were they silenced?

TIFF’24 #6

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I wish Ayo Edebiri was in this

Review by claira curtis ★★★★ Liked

Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan stuck in cyclical destruction. The role mothers play within that cycle is especially devastating. Sons trapped in homes they can’t stop from disintegrating and towns where there’s nowhere to go. The way tension builds over time is so fascinating because you can’t help but want some sort of retribution to come even while knowing that will just continue the escalation of things. The nuance surrounding everyone’s individual actions is really, really satisfying to mull over. 

So sad. So good. So hard to get out of my head.

Review by Amanda the Jedi ★★★½

Brutal tragedy all around.

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Well if this title is about the audience then it's apt but honestly what we have here is a bleak depiction of a troubling financial community of ram farmers that even more isolate the material on neighbours who have been at odds for awhile beyond the English/Gaelic language barrier at times.
This vehicle is stylized in a Rashomon narrative split in two halves culminating in a head to head(like butting rams) ending. Never does it truly spell out the truths but let's the subject material get soaked in the turmoil of the past and the folly of youth. I really liked the fine balance of character dynamics in Barry Keoghan's performance but Christopher Abbott's moments of tampering anger is smartly…

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Seething generational rage: one door closes, another slams in your face. Violence constantly brewing as past traumas are ed. 2 families, both with different problems, but both bitter about the circumstances they find themselves in. Both with an ongoing ego-fuelled lust for vengeance over the other. Bit too erratic for its own good at certain points, but a very solid debut feature nonetheless.

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It’s definitely an interesting debut film it’s an incredibly bleak affair offering no sort of dark humour to even the score or any joyful aspect instead it’s just bleak and it works and doesn’t work. It works as a great look into the cycle of destruction in these tight knit communities and there’s a great sense of tension built here and the slow budding vengeances between the characters is fairly good.  

The performances from Christopher abbot and Barry Keoghan are quite good too and definitely a highlight here. Abbot manages to pull off the characters inner turmoil and rage while Keoghan pulls off his character with a great vulnerability sprinkled with volatility. I can’t forget Colm meaney I LOVE…

Review by TheRealBSL ★★★

Killing of a Sacred Ram