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8...Waterston’s delicate performance inspires deep empathy.
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8Kirby and Waterston show with great actorly skill and zeal two people falling head-over-heels in love at first sight, utterly and passionately.
Read full review at The Guardian 8...reflects that in its absorbing emotional layers and tender reverence for the written word.
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8Waterston and Kirby offer elegant portrayals, just as their male co-stars strive to find dimensions and not cardboard villainy in their characters.
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7...[Waterston & Kirby] bring both urgency and fragility to their constrained characters...
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What is The World to Come about? 
In the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples struggle against isolation and hardship. Despite their efforts, they find comfort in a blossoming friendship between the two women, Abigail and Tallie. As their bond deepens, they each confide in the other about their unsatisfying marriages. Their connection eventually turns romantic, and they find solace in each other's embrace. However, their happiness is short-lived, as a tragic event tears them apart, leaving Abigail to imagine a different life, one where she and Tallie can be together, free from societal constraints.
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