Flesh + Blood

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Adventure, Drama

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Release Date: August 30, 1985

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The Patty Hearst story. Jokes aside, Flesh + Blood manages to portray all but one character as complete, multidimensional human beings: sympathetically, unflinchingly, brutally, not wholly evil or good. Graphic, but not gratuitous–germane considering time period & story. I’m a huge Rutger Hauer fan (Blade Runner & LadyHawke), but everyone, especially Jennifer Jason Leigh, does an amazing job showing the inflections of their characters’ emotions.

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