Review of Tolkien (2019) by Andrew Barker for Variety — 02 May 2019
The film – stately, well-acted, and ultimately unsubstantial – dilutes its considerable charms with hoary literary biopic conventions, and then risks strangling them entirely with its reductively literal takes on the vagaries of artistic inspiration.
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This review of Tolkien (2019) was written by Andrew Barker and published by Variety on 02 May 2019.
Tolkien has generally received positive reviews.
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