Review of 55 Steps (2018) by Gary Goldstein for Los Angeles Times — 13 Nov 2018
The filmmakers’ choice to focus so heavily — and, unfortunately, dully — on the odd-couple friendship between the tightly-wound, workaholic Hughes (Hilary Swank) and the brashly spirited Riese (Helena Bonham Carter) instead of on the bigger-picture legal wranglings and wider effects of the landmark lawsuit against a San Francisco hospital may point to the chapter’s cinematic limitations.
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This review of 55 Steps (2018) was written by Gary Goldstein and published by Los Angeles Times on 13 Nov 2018.
55 Steps has generally received mixed reviews.
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