Given the message and overall gentle tone (not to mention the great soundtrack) this has, I almost feel bad not rating this higher, but the second half felt a little slow for me. It didn't pack the punch that I perhaps expected it to earlier in the film. The emotional build is there, and the performances are subtle and sincere, yet the narrative seems to lose a bit of momentum once the central revelation settles in. I still admire what it’s going for (the dignity, the reflection, the humanity), but I couldn’t help wishing for a slightly stronger closing beat to match the promise of its first half.
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