Review of The Assistant (2020) by Michaelc1024 — 01 Aug 2020

I was hoping for this really good entertaining movie and I didn’t like it one bit.

This review of The Assistant (2020) was written by Michaelc1024 on 01 Aug 2020.

The Assistant has generally received positive reviews.

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