“Hunger Games, I don’t know you anymore.”

“…the exhausted entry in the James Bond franchise, certainly the most exhausted of the Daniel Craig era.”

“Hou Hsiao-hsien wields cinematic tools with such delicate precision, it’s as if he’s working with a paintbrush.”

“… light on wondering about our place in the universe and heavy on working out a way to get duct tape to seal an air leak.”

“The 52-year-old Cruise doesn’t look ridiculous at any point, which in itself is ridiculous.”

“…too little of the hammy delight of the original.”

“…fails to have enough fun with its one unique element: the sense of scale.”

“…the mercenary natures of the picture and the park are largely indistinguishable.”

“Narratively inept, unconvincingly edited and nearly deficient of suspense…”

“As much as you can point to the T-rex attack as a master class in action filmmaking, this still leaves a mechanized aftertaste.”