Tom Cruise liked it. And at CinemaCon (an international cinema convention held in Las Vegas last April) most of the audience and the media too. A week before it opens in French cinemas, The Flash is surrounded by a flattering aura and the embargo on reviews has just been lifted.
What does the American press think of the DC film directed by Andy Muschietti, whose script, in the background of time travel, alternate realities and temporal paradoxes, will contribute to the reboot of the universe that James Gunn and Peter Safran are working on? Answer below.
Rolling Stone (David Sheesh) : “The Flash is the best movie that Warner Bros. has come out with in years with DC. Nolan.”
Indiewire (Kate Erbland) : “Taken independently, Andy Muschietti’s film has a lot to offer, and frequent flashes of genius set it above its DC Universe peers.”
The Hollywood Reporter (David Rooney) : “While The Flash ends up being uneven, with a final showdown that’s less interesting than its predecessor, more character-driven, that’s the heart of the story, about this young man struggling to come to terms with death.” of a mother who overcomes”.
His frequent flashes of genius set him above his peers in the DC Universe.
AV Club (Matthew Jackson) : “Sometimes it gets drowned in layers and layers of fairy tales that the film doesn’t quite unravel, but the fun is there, and when things work well, that speaks volumes.”
Deadline (Pete Hammond) : “It’s the best in the genre since then Spider-Man is no way home. This refreshing, refreshing and immensely entertaining summer meal is at its best when it comes to superhero movies.”
Polygon (Joshua Rivera) : “The Flash is a bright, colorful and imaginative film that has enough brilliance to make it stand out on screen, even if its oddball storylines often don’t make sense.”
A film that spends its time bouncing from one ill-conceived script idea to another
The Total Movie (Kevin Hurley) : “Perhaps it’s no surprise that a Barry Allen movie, at times fun and full of fan service, at times feels like an expanded universe collapsing under the weight of its ambitious but often convoluted intentions.”
TheWrap (William Bibian) : “A film that spends its time bouncing from one ill-conceived script idea to another, from one vaguely satisfying nostalgic referent to another, only leads to dubious results.”
Diversity (Owen Gleiberman) : “In The Flash, the multiplicity of possibilities opened up by playing with the past becomes an excuse to throw everything in the audience’s face except the BatCave sink.”
Feedback, however, is generally positive, so it’s a bit more mixed than at CinemaCon. And I’ll see you in French cinemas in a week (or after the previews on Tuesday 13 June) to form your opinion on The Flash.
Source: Allocine
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