The great irony is that women are accused of making romantic comedies, as if itโs a bad thing, but Marc Webb makes a romantic comedy and he gets โSpider-Man.โ Are you kidding me? You cannot win.
Manohla DargisAn acquired taste, this dense Jabberwocky-ish word salad is a political allegory about a populace that's been pharmaceutically duped into believing its wretched world is wonderful.
Manohla DargisThe New World is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). There is some intense, bloodless violence and the beautiful underage lead actress (15-year-old Q'orianka Kilcher) may cause cardiac arrest among some viewers.
Manohla DargisAndrรฉ Bazin wrote that art emerged from our desire to counter the passage of time and the inevitable decay it brings. But in โBoyhood,โ Mr. Linklater's masterpiece, he both captures moments in time and relinquishes them as he moves from year to year. He isn't fighting time but embracing it in all its glorious and agonizingly fleeting beauty.
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