“O’Connor’s J.B. registers as a particularly American fraud.”

“Lawrence gives a gripping performance that’s more about the inhabiting of a body than the delivery of words.”

“… 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.”

“… pushes the title character toward something demon-possessed, if not demonic.”

“Warren Beatty cracked the biopic code…”