NyPo's Kyle Smith writes:
Though a bit stiff in the joints and acted by an undistinguished cast amid TV-movie trappings, this low-budget adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel nevertheless contains a fire and a fury that makes it more compelling than the average mass-produced studio item...
The subjects the film deals with are fascinating, important -- and almost completely ignored at the movies. Even "The Social Network," the most acclaimed business movie of last year, placed the building of one of the world's most valuable companies in the background of a personality dispute and some whining about club membership. "Atlas Shrugged" wants to start an argument with you, to force you to (in Rand's often-repeated words) "check your premises."
It would be easier to do no such thing, to laugh off the stilted dialogue and stern, unironic hectoring, so that's what most viewers will do.
Read the full review here.
NOTE: My review of Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 is here.
"It would be easier to do no such thing, to laugh off the stilted dialogue and stern, unironic hectoring, so that's what most viewers will do."
ReplyDeleteThat is the best way I have seen the other reviews summed up, and exactly what I was thinking but unable to put into words.
It's so much easier to say it's a terrible movie and a waste of time and money, than to turn their critical analysis toward the subjects that are addressed.
I just saw the movie and I loved it. Of course, I love liberty too.
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