In addition to some solid close-ups, the film is more left to the world to imagine. After the war, Lomax still couldn't touch the wound in the already peaceful life, and he could perceive it through the nightmare spirit deep in his soul. This Anglo-Australian team's film carries a British solitary and cold narrative style. Oscar actor Colin Firth has always used a modest interpretation, trying to penetrate into Lomax’s soul, with a jagged sense of being hurt, to bring out the deep, endless anger and humiliation, like Despair of Eternal Possession
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The slow pace of the film, the emotional drama of the hero and the protagonist, caused American film critics to complain. However, a small number of film critics believe that the film's style is full of sad tones, and the dim tone and poetic lines make the film stand out from the tide of commercial films and sequels
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