Khoi Vinh’s review published on Letterboxd:
This review may contain spoilers.
Looks like I previously logged this on Letterboxd seven times dating back to its original release in 2015. So this is my eighth viewing, and the first since seeing “Furiosa.” By now it makes sense that I know the movie really well, but something very unexpected happened this time.
When Furiosa finally finds the Vuvalini, that moment when they’re reunited, I kinda burst into tears. Out of nowhere, I was overcome with the emotional weight of returning to one’s people and family after so many years of being away, the pain of that loss and also the horrific realization that home itself was now irrecoverable.
This had always been a deeply moving point in the plot, but the way I experienced it this time was so overpowering it shocked me—I’d never had this shaken a reaction before. This is obviously the byproduct of Furiosa’s backstory, which I’d never had in previous viewings, but that’s now embedded in my perception of that character’s journey. For me it’s a validation of the imperfect but still deeply affecting story that Miller told in “Furiosa.”
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