Review of Polar (2019) by Leah Greenblatt for Entertainment Weekly — 30 Jan 2019
Åkerlund — the Swedish mastermind behind tastemaking music videos for the likes of Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Taylor Swift — has jittery, high-gloss style to spare. But the primary-colored nihilism of his storytelling feels amateurish and ultimately exhausting; a gleefully unhinged teenage-boy dream that aims only for hard, shiny surfaces, and stays there.
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This review of Polar (2019) was written by Leah Greenblatt and published by Entertainment Weekly on 30 Jan 2019.
Polar has generally received mixed reviews.
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