Higher Ground (R) 109 minutes A-
Losing my religion and reaching a higher (emotional) ground
Starring Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, Norbert Leo Butz, McKenzie Turner and Donna Murphy
This film is based on the 2002 memoir, This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost by Carolyn S. Briggs. This film really struck a chord with me; it almost brought me to tears. It reminds me of the Counting Crows song, "Rain King," and the lyrics to that song best encapsulates the film:
When I think of heaven (Deliver me in a black-winged bird)
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers
and all other instruments of faith and sex and God
In the belly of a black-winged bird
Don't try to feed me
I've been here before and I deserve a little more
I recommend this film to general moviegoers, and anyone who has ever questioned religion and/or spirituality.
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