Review of The Northman (2022) by Joe Morgenstern for Wall Street Journal — 22 Apr 2022
Loving it is not the issue, of course—the level of amputating, eviscerating, decapitating violence transcends good nasty fun. The challenge is taking it in, watching it without averting your eyes—I can’t say mine stayed fixed on the screen—and seeing it for what it is, a tumultuous, graphically gorgeous entertainment for our time as well as an ineffably somber meditation on our species’ seemingly inexhaustible reservoir of savagery.
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This review of The Northman (2022) was written by Joe Morgenstern and published by Wall Street Journal on 22 April 2022.
The Northman has generally received positive reviews.
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