“This kind of thing can be delightful if you’re on the picture’s wavelength, and extremely alienating if you’re not. Count me as one of the alienated this time around, as the cutesy too-muchness tipped into insufferable early on for this critic. I Love Boosters helped me finally understand why some people have such violent reactions to Wes Anderson movies.” – Spliced Personality Substack, 05/22/2026