What’s more, it will ultimately be a cinematic experience that you take with you even after the lights go up in the theater and you make your way home, as I challenge anyone to see the movie and not feel immediately compelled to keep the otherworldly engrossment going by diving into Thom Yorke’s genius soundtrack (which, if there’s any justice in the film world, will be winning an Academy Award come February).
It’s certainly a challenging experience, as it plays in abstractions and keeps exposition to an extreme minimum, but it’s also anything but slow.
It’s not exactly a jaunt, as the runtime clocks in over two-and-a-half hours — but while that may seem intimidating, it’s an experience that earns its length.
At no point watching the film are you ever too far away from witnessing a sequence that will shake you, and every performance is utterly captivating.