Review of A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018) by Owen Gleiberman for Variety — 25 Jan 2018
Wain made a terrible mistake when he decided to turn Kenney’s story into a goof, a sketch, a riff of threadbare mockery, instead of treating it as a relatively straight movie with laughs. If he had done that, it might have been hilarious, though in an acidly downbeat and far-reaching way.
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This review of A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018) was written by Owen Gleiberman and published by Variety on 25 Jan 2018.
A Futile and Stupid Gesture has generally received positive reviews.
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