“What wins out: the wit or the wonkiness?”
“O’Connor’s J.B. registers as a particularly American fraud.”
“Feels like Yorgos Lanthimos’ final verdict on humanity.”
“Lawrence gives a gripping performance that’s more about the inhabiting of a body than the delivery of words.”
“… where del Toro’s gothic instincts flower into full-blown Romanticism.”
“… bleak, but to a purpose.”
“… there is a gravitation toward the repugnant that goes beyond description and toward a place of awed fascination.”
“… carries serious moral weight.”
“I have to admire anything that tries to play in the same sandbox as Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas…”
