‘The Liberation’ Review: Carrie Coon Is Breathtaking as a Woman Lured by a Cult in Guy Nattiv’s Deeply Personal Film

“You carry a lot of weight around, don’t you?” In Guy Nattiv’s observant, harrowing and unmistakably feminine “The Liberation,” this line marks the first time someone truly sees through fortysomething protagonist Rita Cooper. Based on Nattiv’s own grandmother (alongside various cult survivors) and played by Carrie Coon with extraordinary emotional presence and pent-up energy privately […]

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