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The Killing of a Sacred
Deer (2017)
Yorgos Lanthimos takes inspiration from the classic Greek tragedy Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripedes, and places Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman in a gruelling situation as parents, in the wake of Farrell's newly-formed friendship with the peculiar teenager Martin Lang (played by Barry Keoghan). The film's otherworldly tension is supposed to tie in with your ethical sense and parental instincts, but after a fairly promising start, the film attains an academic, theological quality which makes this a detached and ultimately underwhelming viewing experience. The performers all seem to be too caught up with the symbolism to really connect with their characters, even though Lanthimos places them in and creates some gut-wrenchingly eerie set-ups.
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