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Kermode & Mayo’s Take

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Wacking Phoenix: The Ideal Person for a Film

The sort of hellish tribunal at the end is something of a nod to the end of Matter of Life and Death, which is a much gentler film. The ending of that film has always made me laugh. I mean, it's propaganda, but it's really... It's beautiful and very funny. And we haven't mentioned Wacking Phoenix, who is, I think, in every scene of a movie. Amazing, amazing.

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