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Thursday, 7 May 2020

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)

Sam Elliott plays Calvin Barr, retired, greyed and living an average, quiet life in a typical US town. From time to time the old man reminiscences about his eventful past, played onscreen by Aidan Turner. The contrasts between then and now highlight more than just changes in time and location, pointing a self-reflective finger at the role Calvin played in his own shortcomings and the secret burden he carries, a defining influence on his solitary disposition.
The peculiar title makes it sound like a one-trick summer action/fantasy movie trading on ridiculousness, and I almost overlooked it based on such an assumption, but it's not like that. It's a soulful story that neither overreaches nor overstretches its central theme, even in its more fantastical scenes.

3 such selves out of 5

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