Reprinted from "The Movie Can't Stop"

Camilla 2022-03-26 09:01:08

Both satisfied and disappointed. For fans familiar with the golden age of Hollywood, this film is nothing less than a time-travel full of streamers, so it still deserves four stars. But it is very unfriendly to ordinary audiences, and the torrent of trivial information is enough to make people dizzy. However, the main flaw is that, compared with Quentin's unbridled and joking [Once Upon a Time in Hollywood], [Manck] seems more like a mediocre film still stuck in the abyss of imitation and reproduction. The technical level is irreproachable, but it lacks creativity and aura after all - the same problem has already been exposed in David Fincher's works, but this time, inherited from his father and the heavy shackles of old Hollywood, and strong Obsession, obviously bound his hands and feet. (8.0/10)

Jordi 2022-04-21 09:02:46

Not Fincher's best work, but still sincere and infectious. Not only lighting photography, but also the narrative structure pays homage to the original work. In choosing to be a biography of Mankell, Finch may have seen the real idealism in him, a man who is arrogant and domineering but tries his best to be friendly, a great and remarkable person. There's Herman J. Mankiewicz behind "Citizen Kane," and there's a David Fincher behind "Mank."