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 | | What came back to me was the sheer craft employed by Lynch to express the story of John Merrick in what by his standards is a straightforward and linear fashion. |
 | | It sounds unpromising raw material, but with a combination of an outstanding screenplay and magnificent, subtle acting (Hurt, Hopkins Hannah Gordon, Wendy Hiller, Anne Bancroft and Freddie Jones all excel), the resulting film is a great achievement and an object lesson for any director tempted to underestimate the intelligence of his/her audience. |
 | | The story, with a story of base cruelty towards a fine and noble spirit, and the subsequent redemption at the hands of Dr Frederick Treves, is inherently emotional but avoids the Spielberg trap of over-sentimentalising Merrick's life. |
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