Best for its exceptional performances, harrowing opening, and restrained examination of guilt and forgiveness. Skip it if a slow middle or the later emphasis on the American soldier over the...
Pros: theme depth, emotional impact
Cons: screenplay quality, pacing
Best for moving poetry, insightful interviews, and an inviting introduction to Oliver. Skip it if you want a more probing biography or find a consistently gentle pace unengaging.
Pros: directing quality, interview quality
Best for painterly cinematography, layered class satire, and a haunting credits-stretching finale. Skip it if glacial pacing, sparse plotting, or blunt repetition quickly wears you down.
Pros: visual style, directing quality
Cons: pacing, audience appeal