Review of The Mauritanian (2021) by Andrew Crump for Paste Magazine — 12 Feb 2021
The Mauritanian plays by the numbers, hitting courtroom conspiracy drama beats dutifully but without any urgency. From the start, everyone on every side of the court is running out of time, and hitting their heads on brick walls of government silence, which, though drawn from real life, remains a well-worn genre cliché played too heavily by Macdonald’s direction.
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This review of The Mauritanian (2021) was written by Andrew Crump and published by Paste Magazine on 12 Feb 2021.
The Mauritanian has generally received positive reviews.
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