The Life of Chuck
A lot of movies barely have a point of view at all. This one is a prism in comparison.
A lot of movies barely have a point of view at all. This one is a prism in comparison.
Impressive and exasperating in its determination to squeeze every previous iteration of this story into one huge glimmering chunk of lore.
The series buckles under the weight of the novel it’s adapted from, shackling Biel to its restrictive formula and unfolding like a dull book you desperately want to put down.
Director Dean Fleischer Camp brings a light touch of the tender-hearted sensibility of his “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.”
The main intent of the film is to address the weaponization of race, yet there are only a handful of non-white interviewees featured.
Lee isn’t setting out to copy what was great before. He is using the past as a starting point to launch what may be the final phase of his career.
Buoyed by a traditionally spectacular ensemble, “The Phoenician Scheme” feels unlikely to be anyone’s favorite Wes Anderson flick, but it’s so easy to like that it’s equally difficult to hate it.