‘An Angel’s Wit': A Look at the Movie ‘A Man for All Seasons’

Jeff Minick
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Finding a movie that explores and celebrates the power of human reason is difficult.

Movies, after all, tell stories, and stories by their very nature require action. For every movie in which a hero conquers his problems by means of reason and deliberation, we can think of a thousand in which the protagonist is an action hero—a thinking hero, yes, but nonetheless a person who defeats the bad guys with both brains and brawn.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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