Every frame is a photograph.
I could take or leave the conflict driving this movie. I'll accept it because shit is dire right now and we've got people knocking down the doors of government buildings. But that's all set dressing here. I don't think this movie has a lot to say, politically. But it does look incredibly good.
I'm a sucker for journalism stories. And in a time where journalism is undervalued and oversold, I'm very comfortable within the fantasy…
Chances are, if you've seen this online, you've seen a poor digital copy. If you've seen this recently, it's probably severely degraded by AI enlargement and color "correction."
I compared (with screenshots) what’s available to stream on ad-ed services like Plex to a fan restoration project called Mild-Mannered Superman, and then that version to the stunning new Blu-ray release.
If you're watching through Max Fleischer's run of Superman shorts, I encourage you to seek out either the Blu-ray or the fan restoration linked above.
Like the movie, this review is hard to get through.
Some movies are like a storm. There is the calm before the storm, the first gusts, the eye, and then the final tempest rolls through. Like a storm, Detachment whisks you on a directionless emotional flight. When you've finally been put back on the ground, you are just as lost as you were in the air.
This is a consequential movie that has left me breathless, broken and despondent. If I judge my film of the year based on emotional response, this one might just have it.
