“… demonstrates how the past always seems to elude us, no matter what tools we bring to bear on it.”
“… a ‘let them eat cake’ distraction for the multiplex crowd.”
“A collage of religio-goth gestures…”
“… inflicts a contrived construct on Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, one from which they never escape.”
“Ryan Gosling passes the Muppet test with Project Hail Mary, even though it’s not a Muppet movie.”
“… takes its time getting interesting.”
“… has a ramshackle neorealism, yet pulses with the tension of an espionage thriller.”
“Streep is as loose as she’s ever been…”
“Charlie Chaplin was not messing around.”
“Streep has what can only be called a commanding fragility.”
“A crucial time-capsule movie…”
