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So the reviews for Richard Jewell are interesting.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:28 pm
Most are generally positive, but certain outlets seem to be trashing the film - not because it's poorly made, but because of the sociopolitical themes it presents.
AP (1.5/4) -
Tribune News Service (2/4) -
Pittsburgh Magazine -
Flick Filosopher -
Time -
None of these reviews seem to critique the movie as a movie. Instead, they castigate it for the underlying political themes and draw their own inferences as to why Eastwood really wanted to make this film in the first place. Time's review even mentioned it was an "expertly crafted film", but then proceeds to slam the film for its portrayal of the FBI and media.
The criticisms for Joker followed the same pattern.
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AP (1.5/4) -
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There’s also little question that a great many people watching a movie about an innocent white man profiled by police for a crime he didn’t commit may note that the trials of the stereotyped “frustrated white male” pale in comparison with those of different backgrounds.
Tribune News Service (2/4) -
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Despite some interesting performances from Hauser, Bates and Sam Rockwell as Jewell's lawyer, the whole film just makes you wonder what message Eastwood might be trying to impart, with this film, in 2019, that essentially condemns the act of suspecting and investigating a young white man of domestic terrorism.
Pittsburgh Magazine -
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“Richard Jewell” is nothing but the salty and hateful ranting of a bitter misanthrope. Avoid it at all costs.
Flick Filosopher -
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Once upon a time, being an American right-winger meant unconditional support for law enforcement. There was no overreach cops could engage in in the pursuit of justice; there was no injustice cops could commit in the name of law and order. Cops could do no wrong. Does that cease to be the case when the innocent person fingered and investigated by cops is a white man? Or — oh, wait a second now — is the bad ol’ FBI suddenly fair game for “conservatives” now that Donald Trump doesn’t like the agency and throws regular public tantrums directed at them?
Time -
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For all its attributes, this isn’t a nuanced portrait of a wrongly accused man. It’s a squinty scowl aimed at a bunch of things plenty of Americans have already decided they adamantly do not like. The FBI? Untrustworthy to the core. The government? Too intrusive by half. Journalists? It’s all fake news! Does Eastwood really believe that to raise up the little guy, you’ve got to destroy the value of everything else?
None of these reviews seem to critique the movie as a movie. Instead, they castigate it for the underlying political themes and draw their own inferences as to why Eastwood really wanted to make this film in the first place. Time's review even mentioned it was an "expertly crafted film", but then proceeds to slam the film for its portrayal of the FBI and media.
The criticisms for Joker followed the same pattern.
LINK
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Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:31 pm to Cs
It's great when the snowflakes get triggered. 
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:32 pm to Cs
I wouldn't say interesting.
I would say predictable.
I would say predictable.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:34 pm to PsychTiger
I was excited to see this movie when the trailer dropped.
Now i am even more excited
Now i am even more excited
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:34 pm to Cs
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but then proceeds to slam the film for its portrayal of the FBI and media.
I was born in 1995, so I obviously don't know the finer details about this, but weren't the FBI and media pretty shitty in their treatment of Richard Jewell?
Seems like the FBI and the media should have done a better job of portraying themselves back in the day.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:36 pm to Cs
Let me translate what each of these reviewers is saying into 1 word: IMFGT
This post was edited on 12/12/19 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:37 pm to DirtyDawg
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I was born in 1995, so I obviously don't know the finer details about this, but weren't the FBI and media pretty shitty in their treatment of Richard Jewell?
Very shitty.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:38 pm to Cs
I've seen a ton of critics complaining about Olivia Wildes character.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:38 pm to Cs
Every single one of these baby back bitches were broken by Trump, it’s that simple.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:44 pm to Cs
I started my first real job back in July at a steel service center. One of the first things they told me is that our company unknowingly provided the steel that the man used in the bombing.
I was pretty shook.
I was pretty shook.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:49 pm to Cs
I said I wanted to see that movie when I saw its trailer at joker or ouatih. The media’s reaction has made me 100% set on seeing it.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:53 pm to Cs
the fact that they made up a story about an ATL journalist fricking some dude for a scoop was pretty lame tbh
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:58 pm to HT713
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the fact that they made up a story about an ATL journalist fricking some dude for a scoop was pretty lame tbh
If this was totally fabricated I kind of agree, but I know several female journalists that have slept with both men and women for stories.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 12:59 pm to McCaigBro69
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but I know several female journalists that have slept with both men and women for stories.
Go on.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 1:02 pm to Cs
Film critics are the least valuable human beings on earth
Posted on 12/12/19 at 1:02 pm to Cs
Critics know that they are part of the failing news. Stage 5 Trump Derangement Syndrome where everything they view is through a political lens
Posted on 12/12/19 at 1:08 pm to Cs
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Once upon a time, being an American right-winger meant unconditional support for law enforcement. There was no overreach cops could engage in in the pursuit of justice; there was no injustice cops could commit in the name of law and order. Cops could do no wrong. Does that cease to be the case when the innocent person fingered and investigated by cops is a white man?
This is just ridiculous. Someone can support the police when they are clearly being maligned (example, Ferguson) but also know that there are bad actors and the thin blue line exists where cops cover for themselves, etc.
It's the media itself which immediately report the worst whenever there is an interaction with a cop and a certain demographic of the population, stirring up racial elements which entrenches both sides of pro-police/anti-police sentiment
Posted on 12/12/19 at 1:09 pm to DirtyDawg
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I was born in 1995, so I obviously don't know the finer details about this, but weren't the FBI and media pretty shitty in their treatment of Richard Jewell?
The '90s wasn't exactly a great time for federal law enforcement.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 1:09 pm to McCaigBro69
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If this was totally fabricated I kind of agree, but I know several female journalists that have slept with both men and women for stories.
What?
So if there’s a movie about featuring a historical figure, you can make up things about them because other people, completely unrelated to them, may have done those same actions?
Posted on 12/12/19 at 1:10 pm to McCaigBro69
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If this was totally fabricated
it was 100% fabricated. which I wouldn't normally even care, but that was a real person who actually existed, and is now dead. it's shitty to make something like that up about a person who can't defend themselves
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Kevin Riley, the editor in chief of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has slammed “Richard Jewell” for its portrayal of Scruggs. Riley said in a statement to IndieWire “there is no evidence that this ever happened”
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