A good movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Rachel Weisz, I thought I might as well check it out. I have to admit that I had no idea what the damned thing was about before watching this movie but it turned out to be some fascinating material. Indeed, we live in such a polarized world, hell, Donald Trump was a master denier and, nowadays, denial doesn’t concern only the holocaust but all kind of subjects such as global warming or the Corona pandemic. In fact, I had never seen before a movie focusing on holocaust denial and, even though the concept might seem preposterous, the way it was tackled in this movie was really interesting. Indeed, most of our knowledge is based on the fact that we trust all kinds of scientists and historians who are supposed to be way smarter and more knowledgeable than us but, in fact, we will never know for sure if everything they claim is actually true. In fact, many things that have been claimed 200 years or 300 years ago turned out to be false after all. So, how do you handle this? It’s really a tricky question and, fortunately, when you are dealing with the holocaust, there is still plenty of evidence to counter all these demented deniers. Another interesting thing about this movie was that it gave a clear view on how the British judicial system works and I was actually unaware that it was so much more different than how it works in the US. To be honest, they did struggle with the main character though. Indeed, even if Deborah Lipstadt seemed to be an interesting woman and even if Rachel Weisz did deliver another solid performance, her main job was basically to shut up and let her legal team do all the heavy lifting. Another minor issue was that, even though they tried to make it all quite suspenseful, in my opinion, the conclusion of this trial had actually a foregone conclusion. Indeed, can you imagine if they had concluded that this holocaust denier was actually right? It would have had some seismic impact not only in the UK but also in the rest of the world. Anyway, to conclude, even if it was maybe not flawless, it was still a really strong drama with a solid cast and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.