"One of the most spectacular and frustrating mixed bags of the superhero blockbuster era, 'The Flash' is simultaneously thoughtful and clueless, challenging and pandering," he writes. Matt Zoller Seitz, at encapsulates the vibe of many reviewers, which seems to be whiplash. "This doesn't exactly reek of originality," Holub writes. Like its sincere but often hapless hero, it keeps exceeding every expectation we might have for its competence only to instantly face-plant into the nearest wall." Matt Zoller SeitzĬhristian Holub at Entertainment Weekly points out The Flash is going over well-trodden ground with its plot about the multiverse. ![]() Miller's presence "gets lost in the inevitable third-act CGI battle apocalypse, which is weightlessly free of jeopardy and, like the rest of the film, does not exactly go by in a flash," The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw complains. While most critics brought up Miller's recent controversies (the actor has apologized and said they are seeking treatment), most of the negative feedback was about the movie's storytelling and not about their performance. A problematic star is nothing to messy storytelling "Michael Keaton back in a Batman cape and cowl, the debut of Sasha Calle’s Supergirl and a top-flight sense of humor make “Flash” worth the hype, though trying to do so much also leads to a head-scratching kitchen-sink climax. ![]() Keaton is "undeniably good in his return as Bruce Wayne, even if he does have to shoehorn a couple of his famous lines from 1989 into this film," writes AV Club's Matthew Jackson.īrian Truitt at USA Today concurs, highlighting the rest of the cast besides Miller. Many critics enjoyed the nostalgic cameo by Michael Keaton as Batman. Yet, Erbland isn't totally sold on the movie, either: "In its best moments, the film is funny, ambitious, and heartfelt, but it’s also frequently buried under iffy effects, convoluted storytelling, and a been-there-done-that familiarity that’s hard to shake." Indiewire's Kate Erbland says, "Andy Muschietti’s film has lots to offer, and frequently shows flashes (apologies) of brilliance that set it a cut above most of its existing DC Universe brethren."
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