Along the way you have to sit through mercilessly lame acting and flat, dull characters.
The movie drags on and on for about an hour and a half, and the payoff is exactly the same. it beautifully and subtly creates tension and then shocking horror, and makes us question ourselves and the things we hold to be normal.
The original short story by Shirley Jackson is the perfect encapsulation of every interesting facet the story had to offer.
Unfortunately for the film version, 'The Lottery' is not one of these. There are some things in this world that are tied very exclusively to one time period, and though their essence is eternal, there is a need, sometimes, to bring subtle changes to the details in order to allow other generations to share in their merit.
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