Review of The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019) by Stephen Dalton for The Hollywood Reporter — 12 Sep 2018
Dolan has labored hard to yoke together these tricksy, time-jumping, intertwined plots, reportedly editing down a mountain of material over two years. In the process, a whole character played by Jessica Chastain was surgically removed.
But however long he tinkered, Dolan has not quite salvaged a story whose default setting seems to be mirthless, ponderous navel-gazing.
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This review of The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019) was written by Stephen Dalton and published by The Hollywood Reporter on 12 Sep 2018.
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan has generally received mixed reviews.
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