12/22/23 - Anatomy of a Fall (2023) - 8/10

The silent history of peoples’ lives and the ambiguity of subjective reality are laid bare when a family are ripped apart by the death of the patriarch and the subsequent trial to expose the truth of death amidst the ugly chaos of the life preceding it. Raw, riveting, and real, Anatomy dispels courtroom drama etiquette to asail the audience with the difficulties of relationships, their turbulence, and how those things can be weaponized once the adamantine spine of fact is lost in place of a preponderance of emotionally charged possibility.

Outstanding child acting, engrossing lead actress, and an immersive escape into the chasmous cracks that threaten to subsume us should we fall into them without the lifeline of understanding and objective knowledge. You can’t ever truly know someone; even less so when they are dead.