The Text

⭐ Featured Review

"The Text Clearly an experimental film. A 48-minute long take is, by definition, an experiment. And usually, the issue with experiments is that everything unrelated to the experiment itself gets thrown out the window. But in this case, the character dynamics, tension, humor, and humanity take precedence over the technique-which, in turn, fully serves the story. And the story itself is just the right mix of light and weighty. More importantly, it has rhythm-because when you shoot in a single take, you have no choice but to find the pacing in the scene itself, since you can't tweak it in t..."