Staged plays just aren’t that cinematic, and even under the capable direction of Rowan Joseph, Mr. McKenzie doesn’t provide enough spark to offset the problem.
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12/04/08
Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (2008)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:1
Rotten:3
Average Rating:4.5/10
Reviews for Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun
1 - 4 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticIt's hard not to wish that the novel had instead been newly adapted into a real film by a director with the requisite daring and imagination.
12/04/08
Top CriticAbly filmed by veteran stage producer-director Rowan Joseph, Bradley Rand Smith's theatrical script provides a bravura thespian workout for Ben McKenzie.
12/04/08
Top CriticTrumbo's aim was a kind of proletarian poetry, but McKenzie's broad emoting has the deadly earnestness of a school play.
11/14/08
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