”What’s exasperating is how cynically Garland contorts his storytelling in order to avoid implicating any potential audience members, indulging popular rightwing fantasies about armed insurrection and lefty fears of imperial presidencies while remaining vague and noncommittal about the reasons for the war. He wants to play with firecrackers without setting them off.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 04/11/2024