
There have been many very fine movies this year, but this is the only one that will have you floating on air.

There have been many very fine movies this year, but this is the only one that will have you floating on air.
Oh, so what if it isn’t the knockout the original Creed was? This one still lands its punches, even if a little more softly.
Like any art at its greatest, Alfonso Cuaron’s autobiographical drama lets us see things we have seen before in a way we may never have seen them before.
As compelling as it is to watch, this film is also a reminder that sometimes you can respect the hell out of something and still be miserable as hell watching it.
A nifty, nimble marriage of prestige and pulp, this one packs a whole lot into a highly entertaining package.

This Western, told in six very different chapters, feels like a mirror reflecting the Coen Brothers’ filmography. Uncompromising, wildly funny, morally definitive and often deeply moving, not all of it works. But when it does, watch out. At its best, this one will take your breath away.
If, indeed, the intent of this bio-pic is to chronicle the events that led to Queen and Freddie Mercury’s legendary performance at Live Aid, well, I guess the goal has been met. The movie, as it is, is fine. But it could have been so much more.