The film is a 105-minute, unchallenged preaching session on the virtues of minstrelsy.
The film reduces the arc of Chisholm’s life to inspirational movie clichés.
At its best, Damsel suggests a dark fantasy riff on Neil Marshall’s The Descent.
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The film exhibits the telltale signs of a series struggling to justify its existence.
The game puts a premium on learning how and why the world functions the way it does.
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Even as the film revels in violent delights, the dialogue keeps everything grounded in humor.
It’s the balance of comedy and existential drama that truly elevates Thelma.
The film meanders its way toward its goal with a maddening lack of focus and narrative thrust.
There’s considerable emotional truth on display throughout Benjamin Ree’s documentary.
The things that elevate Chiwetel Ejiofor’s film are those that elevated Rob Peace’s life overall.
Like a Dragon goes Hawaiian, and the change of scenery mostly does the series good.
The film only give voice to the politics informing the drama in spare moments of suspense.
The Book of Clarence has an energy that’s largely missing from its influences.
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Wish plays out like the No Frills version of a Disney princess story.
Taika Waititi’s frivolous humor is but an extra kick while the film’s poor bastards are down.
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