“A movie for people who miss the voice-over narration. It’s a talky, blocky launching pad for yet another cinematic universe, short on incident but long on sequel setups and what studio executives like to call world-building. What a frustrating act of diminishment this project is, transforming an enigmatic classic into a branded franchise property. It turns poetry into prose.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 10/05/2017