The Snowman is missing so much basic connective tissue as to be rendered almost completely inexplicable.
It works as both a modern morality play for our globalized world and as an indictment of Europe’s ethical bankruptcy.
Everything here is needlessly bloated to accommodate its status as an international, prestige production.
Hossein Amini’s sequences are engineered for narrative efficiency, often at the expense of thematic or affectual aims
The film updates the fairest fairy tale of them all with more-grim-than-Grimm conviction.
Drive embraces and even takes comfort in the misery wrought by its characters’ dealings with one another.
What you want to know about Drive is that its three big, action set pieces are impressive and exciting.
The film is tedious and overblown even at a surprisingly short two hours.