Review of Red Tails (2012) by Joe Morgenstern for Wall Street Journal — 19 Jan 2012
One could argue that the target audience - black teenagers, Mr. Lucas has said - might be most receptive to a film that conveys history through contemporary entertainment. But this isn't contemporary entertainment, it's antiquated kitsch reprocessed by the producer's nostalgia for the movies of his boyhood.
The story has been stripped of historical context - don't black teenagers and everyone else deserve hard facts? - and internal logic.
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This review of Red Tails (2012) was written by Joe Morgenstern and published by Wall Street Journal on 19 Jan 2012.
Red Tails has generally received mixed reviews.
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