Recently, I took my son to see The Haunted Mansion, which was one of the worst things (I hesitate even to call it a movie) that I have ever seen. He thought it was better than Finding Nemo and we had a fruitless argument which I'm sure made him acutely aware of the disadvantages of having a film critic for a dad.
A. O. ScottNot just a timely movie, a great one...Timbuktu feels at once timely and permanent, immediate and essential.
A. O. ScottCampaign may invite a certain skepticism about democracy, but it will surely restore your faith in cinema verite.
A. O. ScottThe movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built machine for the mass production of tears. Directed by Josh Boone 'Stuck in Love', with scrupulous respect for John Green's best-selling young-adult novel, the film sets out to make you weep - not just sniffle or choke up a little, but sob until your nose runs and your face turns blotchy. It succeeds.
A. O. ScottWe have reached a strange new place in marketing when tweets become full-page print ads.
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