Call me middlebrow but I think I’d much prefer a Ken Branagh version. Maybe in 1979 (or if I were 18) we’d be more likely to cut a film slack because it was low-budget or an “art film,” but the rough edges on display here are just sorry. By the time Ariel sings “Stormy Weather” at the end I was already asleep.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
