Heretic -

Then comes Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant, in career-best territory). He invites them in out of the rain. He offers them a blueberry pie. He asks them intelligent, curious questions about their religion. He is charming, disarming, and grandfatherly.

4.5/5 – A razor-sharp, brilliantly acted thesis on doubt that proves the most dangerous monster in the room is the one who reads books. What did you think of the ending? Did you side with Reed’s logic or Paxton’s hope? Let me know in the comments. Heretic

Where Heretic could have been nihilistic and cruel, it earns a surprising amount of grace in its final moments. Without giving away the ending, the film pits two versions of faith against each other: the faith in doctrine (the rules) vs. the faith in people (the empathy). Then comes Mr

Mr. Reed doesn't use a knife or a jumpsuit to terrorize his guests. He uses epistemology. In a stunning, centerpiece monologue, he lays out a diabolical flowchart of faith, comparing Christianity to a board game that has been copied so many times the instructions have become gibberish. He asks why their specific iteration of God—based on a translation of a translation of a text written decades after the fact—is the "true" one. He offers them a blueberry pie