Black Bag: Not Much to See Here
Black Bag is being hailed by critics as highly sophisticated cinematic fare — rather than an unambitious rush job by a talented director eager to move on to his next, similarly unsatisfying project.
Cate Blanchett in Black Bag. (Focus Features)
Steven Soderbergh’s spy film Black Bag, currently in theaters, has come out just a few months after his ghost film Presence, making one wonder when the director actually sleeps.
Black Bag is by far the bigger hit with the critics though, getting glowing reviews from all over even as it tanks badly at the box-office.
I’m with The People. Nothing to see here that you couldn’t appreciate just as much when it’s streaming on television, if you’re so inclined.
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