This article contains mild The Last Duel spoilers.
It was one of the nice surprises of the fall moviegoing season. A Ridley Scott epic based on a true story opened in cinemas. And despite early skepticism on social media, it proved the critics wrong with a taut narrative and a whole ensemble of impressive performances—particularly the leading lady who portrayed a woman at the center of a maelstrom.
No, I’m not describing House of Gucci, which continues to rack up awards attention, but rather the far better reviewed (and frankly better) The Last Duel. Both were two and a half hour epics from Scott, and both told tales of treachery and betrayal, marital suspicion and tribal violence. And yet, the much better of the two movies has been entirely forgotten about during the Oscars season campaign by most major awards bodies. Meanwhile House of Gucci just pulled off...
It was one of the nice surprises of the fall moviegoing season. A Ridley Scott epic based on a true story opened in cinemas. And despite early skepticism on social media, it proved the critics wrong with a taut narrative and a whole ensemble of impressive performances—particularly the leading lady who portrayed a woman at the center of a maelstrom.
No, I’m not describing House of Gucci, which continues to rack up awards attention, but rather the far better reviewed (and frankly better) The Last Duel. Both were two and a half hour epics from Scott, and both told tales of treachery and betrayal, marital suspicion and tribal violence. And yet, the much better of the two movies has been entirely forgotten about during the Oscars season campaign by most major awards bodies. Meanwhile House of Gucci just pulled off...
- 1/15/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
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