Review of Doctor Strange (2016) by Louise D — 19 Jan 2018

The VFX are truly spectacular, and thankfully frequent enough to provide some distraction from the direlogue, cardboard characters and Cumberbatch's accent.

This review of Doctor Strange (2016) was written by Louise D on 19 Jan 2018.

Doctor Strange has generally received very positive reviews.

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