Nice! Good to hear a different take on the Arnold performance. I thought he stuck out like a sore thumb (though that could just be my Arnold bias coming through).
I saw this a couple years ago during a Schrader binge and just couldn't get on the right wavelength. Like you wrote, the tone is completely baffling. I'm usually down to buy whatever Schrader is selling when it comes to grappling with religion, but it's done better in Hardcore, Master Gardener, and of course First Reformed.
I have the Cinematographe release of Touch. It's such a great gem and Tom Arnold is shockingly good in it.
Nice! Good to hear a different take on the Arnold performance. I thought he stuck out like a sore thumb (though that could just be my Arnold bias coming through).
I don't disagree, but his character is a pretty unhinged zealot, so I think it works.
I saw this a couple years ago during a Schrader binge and just couldn't get on the right wavelength. Like you wrote, the tone is completely baffling. I'm usually down to buy whatever Schrader is selling when it comes to grappling with religion, but it's done better in Hardcore, Master Gardener, and of course First Reformed.
Yeah, by all accounts, it seems like something a Schrader fan should like, but every time you feel like you have a grip on it it slips away.