They include biopics with historical inaccuracies and dramas that prioritize sentiment over substance.
“A Beautiful Mindchronicles the life ofJohn Nash(Russell Crowe),a brilliant mathematiciangrappling with schizophrenia.
“Lionis another biographical drama with a ton of heart but also a lot of Hallmark-esque, formulaic storytelling.
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As with A Beautiful Mind, a lot of this movie feels by the numbers.
Some of the performances are a little shaky too, though Patel andNicole Kidmanare undeniably good.
In the end,Bohemian Rhapsodyis hagiography and myth-making, andits treatment of Mercury is all surface level.
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The film is crowd-pleasing entertainment but disappointing as a character study.
Better to simply re-listen to their greatest hits.
One critic memorably compared the film to a Wikipedia entry, which is pretty accurate.
The stylistic toolkit is limited, with certain shots being used over and over again.
The movie is just a little heavy-handed and one-the-nose.Basically, it thinks it’s cleverer than it is.
Most of all, the climate change satire is frustratingly one-note.
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The bleakness is relentless, and the conversations could have dug more deeply.
The dialogue is occasionally heavy-handed and overly scripted, which undermines the rest of the film’s authentic feel.
This story is certainly ambitious, taking difficult material, butmany found it to be forced and overly sentimental.
The film’s harshest critics went so far as to call it exploitative.
But I am anything but insane.
Victoria fares better, but perhaps that’s simply due to Dench’s boundless talents.
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For instance, the timing of Lili’s death is shifted significantly, presumably for dramatic purposes.
However, the finished product is a tad clumsy and simplistic, even if it has its moments.
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