1917
Jan 03, 2020
2 minutes
BY NICK PINKERTON
Director: Sam Mendes
Country/Distributor: UK/US, Universal Pictures
Opened: December 25
Dig a millimeter beneath the surface of the ubiquitous art-directed grime of 1917 and you’ll catch the antiseptic smell of the Great Anglo-American Prestige Picture, never more emotionally tidy or stylistically turgid.
SAM MENDES’S , WHICH TAKES place amidst the carnage of World War I, is dedicated to the memory of the director/co-writer’s paternal grandfather, Alfred
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