Review of The Truth About Emanuel (2013) by Ella Taylor for NPR — 09 Jan 2014
Despite some very welcome black comedy — Jimmi Simpson appears delightfully, but too briefly, as a passive-aggressive co-worker who threatens to unravel the cocoon of delusion in which Emanuel has wrapped herself — the movie, trapped in the weeds of self-pity and skin-deep badassery, never quite earns the sympathy it so strenuously solicits.
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This review of The Truth About Emanuel (2013) was written by Ella Taylor and published by NPR on 09 Jan 2014.
The Truth About Emanuel has generally received mixed reviews.
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