... much more than a spy film ... tragicomic story about aging, guilt, friendship and the impossible attempt to negotiate with one’s own past.
7
… an entertaining, light-hearted film that impresses with its visual polish.
7.5
... a riot from end to end.
8
… textured, compelling works of cinema.
8
… a compelling, eerily relevant film about the consequences of downsizing in the face of AI, and the lengths one will go for their family.
8.5
… fascinating, funny and even ends on a note of uplift.
7
Amongst all the industry ribbing, this needed to succeed as a heist flick, and from the twists to the tense pacing to the fun interplay between the characters, this certainly
4.7
… a nearly plotless, depth-avoiding machine that takes good ideas and bludgeons them to death with repetition, repetition, repetition.
9.2
A mesmeric tone poem...
9
Simon Abkarian is superb as Charles De Gaulle