So Help Me God (2017) User Reviews

Guy Debord, the Theatre of the Absurd, Schadenfreude !

[michaeldamour · 10/10 · 16 March 2019]

If you know Strip-Tease (TV series), Guy Debord "The Entertainment Society" or Peter Sotos, you'll find this documentary awesome and fascinating.

In my eyes, the principal subjects here are the Theatre of the Absurd and Schadenfreude.

Personally, having myself attended many public proceedings (family-friends-outsiders) near Paris (suburbs) and Clermont-Ferrand, I didn't see denigration or racism in this documentary.

If you want to deny paradox of justice and reality in our new era keep repeating, it's only a movie...only a movie...only a movie.

Anne Gruwez

[Kirpianuscus · 30 August 2021]

It is her story. A judge who seems more than eccentric. But the irtue of film is to propose a new, fresh perspective about things perceived as taboo, delicate subjects, a vivid exploration of traditions, options, tough decisions, self perception. All the pieces for a great series. But Anne Gruwez gestures, answers, dialogues, jokes, interrogations are profound useful for be out of comfort and see a job, often reduced at few lines or cliches, in its force and fights. So, special at whole.

When reality blurs the line with fiction

[remianfosso · 9/10 · 14 April 2022]

So Help Me God is a striking documentary following an incredible character. We had to pause quite often to assess and absorb the absurdity of certain situations.

Following the Belgian judge raises questions about morality in its absolute term.