''Some will find passages in Benediction hard to endure while sober, yet at its best it’s ferociously good'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Benediction comes unstuck only when it seeks to interest us in Sassoon’s inter-war love life and subsequent God-bothering. Siegfried, apparently, had terrible taste in men and we are encouraged to boo two of his preening, promiscuous and poisonous lovers. Though Jeremy Irvine and Calam Lynch massively overplay their parts, it’s the script that’s at fault. We can’t tell if the characters’ bitchy one-liners are meant to be tedious or titillating.
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