Review of Top Gun: Maverick (2022) by Anthony Lane for The New Yorker — 23 May 2022
The plain fact is that Top Gun: Maverick works. Designed to coax a throng of viewers into a collective and involuntary fist pump, it far outflies the original, while retaining one old-fashioned virtue: the lofty action unfolds against real skies, rather than giant smears of C.
G.I. The heroes may do super stuff, but they’re not superheroes.
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This review of Top Gun: Maverick (2022) was written by Anthony Lane and published by The New Yorker on 23 May 2022.
Top Gun: Maverick has generally received very positive reviews.
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