Review of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) by Chuck Z — 07 Mar 2017
I know Ang Lee only had good intentions making Billy Lynn. I know he did. And it looked great, at first, at least judging by the trailer. But the core of a good movie starts with the screenplay and this.
..was just bad, man. Just bad writing. I mean, the dialogue between the soldiers in Bravo Squad is almost unbearable. It feels so phony. Where there should be emotion, there isn't any. Where there should be laughs, there wasn't any.
And somehow, given all of Ang Lee's technical work...the movie somehow looks cheap? Kristen Stewart is solid and Garrett Hedlund is pretty great, but everyone else is not memorable...even Billy Lynn himself.
This could've been truly great. And it should've been.
This review of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) was written by Chuck Z on 07 Mar 2017.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk has generally received mixed reviews.
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