“…despite every intention the movie can’t quite shake its American male point of view.”

“I could watch Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton do this for hours.”

“…a tale of American masculinity undone.”

“The aesthetic flecks are what keep Snowden interesting.”

“…would work better as a video exhibit at an aviation history museum than it does as a dramatic narrative.”

“…takes place at the end of the world, but it’s a place that means all the world to the two brothers at its center.”

“…plays like a construct imposed upon inauthentic characters, rather than an organic, attuned narrative.”

“…takes its central metaphor very seriously.”

“Gondry refrains from indulging his imagination in favor of building a realistic emotional richness.”