Review of The Manchurian Candidate (2004) by Jay Antani for Cinema Writer — 18 Aug 2010
This humorless and nonsensical update of The Manchurian Candidate - a total misread of Frankenheimer's classic original - never quite engages, devolving the original's camp and satire into self-serious melodrama.
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This review of The Manchurian Candidate (2004) was written by Jay Antani and published by Cinema Writer on 18 Aug 2010.
The Manchurian Candidate has generally received positive reviews.
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