This might be Grant’s most wildly wicked role yet.
What is the one true religion?
Grant exudes an almost obsequious congeniality before letting something more sinister seep from his pores.
Hugh Grant in ‘Heretic’.A24
He presents religious arguments with his signature dry wit and pulls strings with a droll puppet-master energy.
The two actresses who face off against him are admirable adversaries.
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The first half of the film is more unsettling than horrifying.
Reed does make many valid points about ecumenical hypocrisy and the iterative nature of organized religion.
Until he doesn’t.
Heretickeeps you guessing, obscuring its plot twists and holding back Reed’s sinuous motives and master plan.
