Archetypes present in this film: Dutiful Husband - Dutiful Wife -- Corrupt Husband - Corrupt Wife; the pairs meet each other among the harsh and unforgiving frontier and a fatuous/self-absorbed performance ensues... there's honestly nothing more to see here folks. This film fails to offer any authentic insight into the lives of men and women in the 1800's (living on the harsh + unforgiving frontier), although it definitely thinks it does (from its 21st century/1st-world high chair), but there is nothing believable about the behaviors of these characters, At All. Beautiful cinematography/landscapes/costumes, great actors/narration/language, this movie had many things going for it, but the lack of realism does it's intended message (of patriarchal, oppressive, forbidden love themes) zero other favors; it's all too poetic, the way the story progresses has no sensibility about it and truly is all mindless anguish in the end---if this is what tickles your fancy, this one may be for you; otherwise, hard pass people x.
Review of The World to Come
