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Critic Reviews:
- Roger Ebert: "Anderson always fills his films with colors, never garish but usually
definite and active. In "Moonrise Kingdom," the palette tends toward the
green of new grass, and the Scout's khaki brown. Also the right amount
of red. It is a comfortable canvas to look at, so pretty that it helps
establish the feeling of magical realism...The success of "Moonrise Kingdom" depends on its understated gravity.
None of the actors ever play for laughs or put sardonic spins on their
material. We don't feel they're kidding. Yes, we know these events are
less than likely, and the film's entire world is fantastical. But what
happens in a fantasy can be more involving than what happens in life,
and thank goodness for that."
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- AO Scott (NY Times): “The Lunchbox” has the measured pace and Classical restraint of a romance from the ’30s or ’40s. The comedy is more wry than uproarious, the melodrama gently poignant rather than operatic, and the sentimentality just sweet enough to be satisfying rather than bothersome...But the idea of two lonely souls connecting in a vast, modern metropolis, and remaining strangers even as their intimacy grows, has a durable charm. As do Mr. Khan and Ms. Kaur, islands of melancholy calm surrounded by silliness and noise. ..but they are graceful and dignified in the manner of movie stars in an earlier, less aggressive age, ennobling the ordinary lives they explore. And Mr. Batra makes their story touching and credible, an urban fable of hope in the face of disappointment."
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- Writers: Lawrence Kasdan, JJ Abrams, Michael Arndt
- Cinematographer: David Mendel
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- Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian): "JJ Abrams and veteran co-writer Lawrence Kasdan have created a film which is both a narrative progression from the earlier three films and a shrewdly affectionate next-gen reboot of the original 1977 Star Wars — rather in the style of his tremendous re-imagining of the Kirk/Spock Star Trek. Familiar personae, situations and weapons will appear like covers or remixes, and meshed in with new storylines. This notice will be a safe space, incidentally, with a trigger warning only for basic plot points and material already in the public domain. ..JJ Abrams has an instinctive sympathy for the classic Star Wars landscapes and lays them out with élan: the switch from galaxies to shadowy forests and of course vast rippling deserts. In almost her first appearance, Rey is seen tobogganing down a huge dune on a sled made of rope. For me it’s a reminder that though the first Star Wars was avowedly inspired by Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress, I think it originally derived its look from David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia or even the dreamscapes of Dalí."
