“The gulf between intention and ability has seldom been wider than in Kevin Smith’s attempt to fashion his own Fabelmans-esque origin story. You’d reckon it would be impossible for someone to do something 15 times without learning anything, but it beggars belief how much worse Smith has gotten at the basics of camera blocking and shot composition.” – North Shore Movies, 09/13/2024
”The manic, channel-surfing structure of the thirty-year-old film mirrors modern attention spans, with tacky advertising and proto-reality TV talk show freak-fests intruding on a conspiracy of corporate malfeasance. To watch Fresh Kill today is to realize that the more things have changed, the more they’ve stayed the same. And not in a good way.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 09/11/2024
”There’s a handcrafted quality to the images and effects. Even the stuff that’s CGI is designed to look practical, with smooth computer animation given janky little quivers to seem more like traditional stop-motion. The movie feels like a person made it, which is a rare thing to say about a blockbuster sequel these days. It’s also light on its feet, which is even rarer.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 09/05/2024
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