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Synopsis

Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Terence Davies, BENEDICTION explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden). The writer and soldier was a complex man who survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery but who became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. His poetry was inspired by his experiences on the Western Front, and he became one of the leading war poets of the era. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality. At the same time, broken by the horror of war, he made his life's journey a quest for salvation, trying to find it within the conformity of marriage and religion.

Cast

  • Jack Lowden
  • Peter Capaldi
  • Simon Russell Beale
  • Jeremy Irvine
  • Calam Lynch
  • Tom Blyth
  • Kate Phillips
  • Geraldine James
  • Anton Lesser
  • Suzanne Bertish

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Metacritic

90
Jun 3, 2022

To call Benediction a biopic would be giving biopics a bit too much credit. They don’t deserve Benediction.

Metacritic review by Bilge Ebiri
Bilge Ebiri
New York Magazine (Vulture)
80
May 19, 2022

Its quiet visuals are at the heart of Benediction’s sense of dignity and remembrance. Its language is not the passionate rage of Sassoon’s youth, but rather of the quiet, profoundly sad reflections of his later years.

Metacritic review by Christopher Machell
Christopher Machell
CineVue
75
Sep 13, 2021

The dialogue is quietly scathing, and the production values are sumptuous. But Davies seems most interested in Sassoon as a symbol of hemmed-in Englishness. As a character, he remains poetically opaque.

Metacritic review by Kate Taylor
Kate Taylor
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)