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Beautifully filmed yet mostly inert, The Goldfinch mishandles its source material, flattening a complex narrative into a largely uninvolving disappointment.
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It's all poeticism without a sense of humanity, since the characters themselves aren't written as people, but as broad statements. Oct 10, 2019 | Rating: 2/5
It's all poeticism without a sense of humanity, since the characters themselves aren't written as people, but as broad statements.
Clarisse Loughrey
The Goldfinch is dull, shapeless and unconvincing. Sep 28, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The Goldfinch is dull, shapeless and unconvincing.
David Sexton
A cool sterility lingers beneath every cue meant to tug at our insides. Sep 27, 2019 | Full Review…
A cool sterility lingers beneath every cue meant to tug at our insides.
Leah Pickett
Ah, poor wussums. The Goldfinch is the kind of movie that you want to pick up and cuddle, and stroke its befuddled head, and say: "There, there, it's all right, you did your best. Sep 26, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Ah, poor wussums. The Goldfinch is the kind of movie that you want to pick up and cuddle, and stroke its befuddled head, and say: "There, there, it's all right, you did your best.
Kevin Maher
Tartt's book has been put through a grater, then reassembled into a wet prestige patty of a picture, all dainty set dressing and limp psychology. Sep 26, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Tartt's book has been put through a grater, then reassembled into a wet prestige patty of a picture, all dainty set dressing and limp psychology.
Tim Robey
Maybe it would have worked better as an eight-part TV drama. Sep 26, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Maybe it would have worked better as an eight-part TV drama.
Peter Bradshaw
This adaptation of Donna Tarrt's novel has an interesting -- if not always plausible -- story, but there must have been a more efficient way to tell it. Large stretches, especially the coming-of-age Nevada chapters, are leaden longueurs. Jan 6, 2020 | Full Review…
This adaptation of Donna Tarrt's novel has an interesting -- if not always plausible -- story, but there must have been a more efficient way to tell it. Large stretches, especially the coming-of-age Nevada chapters, are leaden longueurs.
M.V. Moorhead
Though The Goldfinch may have a solid enough cast and impressive visuals, they are not enough to boost up a film weighed down by its lack of emotion, episodic story and overlong runtime Dec 24, 2019 | Full Review…
Though The Goldfinch may have a solid enough cast and impressive visuals, they are not enough to boost up a film weighed down by its lack of emotion, episodic story and overlong runtime
Ricky Church
If you are one of the many people who read the novel by Donna Tartt, however, this maligned, handsome film is more than worth watching. Dec 23, 2019 | Full Review…
If you are one of the many people who read the novel by Donna Tartt, however, this maligned, handsome film is more than worth watching.
Asia Frey
A dull, dreary picture that never seems sure where it's going but takes two-and-a-half hours to get there anyway. Dec 5, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
A dull, dreary picture that never seems sure where it's going but takes two-and-a-half hours to get there anyway.
Mike McGranaghan
Within the odd missteps, I find myself moved by the full-mouth, open-hearted yearning for hope and forgiveness that The Goldfinch espouses. Nov 16, 2019 | Full Review…
Within the odd missteps, I find myself moved by the full-mouth, open-hearted yearning for hope and forgiveness that The Goldfinch espouses.
Andrew Kendall
A flat and lumbering albeit beautifully filmed drama that bores more than it entertains. Oct 18, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A flat and lumbering albeit beautifully filmed drama that bores more than it entertains.
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