By allowing us an unflinching glimpse into the darker regions of the Epstein archives, Brill and the New Art Gallery Walsall have created a thoroughly compelling exhibition with
significant emotional pull: a welcome deviation from the innocuous.
Like Jolie, the writers also do a good job of compartmentalizing each piece of the story so that it feels like a fresh chapter with renewed interest, while also keeping the focus on the
emotional / spiritual arc of Louis as a consistent throughline, so that the movie's climax (which is much more metaphoric and spiritual than literal) has
significant impact and satisfies in an iconic and moving way that is hard for any film to
pull off.