plot

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This time, the critical reaction has been around the plot and how it struggles to stay connected throughout the film.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Mortensen and Paul’s tumultuous relationship is a central plot point of Hulu’s hit series “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

These details are mostly new, but the broad contours of the plot stick firmly to the narrative of the movie, based on an actual incident that took place in 1972.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

She purchased a huge plot of land in the area for $15 million in 2020, where she spent more than five years building her dream estate.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

But slaveholders blamed the violence on a “sinister Northern abolitionist plot to destroy their cherished way of life,” as one historian put it.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis