"It will warm the hearts of a lot of people, including a lot of Academy voters. Is it the best picture of the year? A) Too early to tell, and B) No, but, really, it's fine."

Ty Burr of Ty Burr's Watch List damning with faint praise... which is more than one host can muster for the latest throwback to Miramar Oscar schlock of the 90s. Instead he'd rather talk about how to use a random sequence of singing that involves Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph.

Not Kenneth Branagh. This movie is crap. Let's see what Carol Reed can do with Belfast in ODD MAN OUT instead. Spoiler alert: Joe Moore on Letterboxd says it's neat.

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