The film breathes exhilarating life into its tired premise, thanks to some dazzling action choreography, stylish visuals and-most importantly-a vintage anti-hero performance from Keanu Reeves. Though superlatives can mischaracterize any movie's qualities, it is not an overstatement, I think, to call "Citizenfour," Laura Poitras' film about Edward Snowden, the movie "The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty.
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