| Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 31, 2019 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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8
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2
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Critic Reviews
Movie NationJul 5, 2019
Fall of the American Empire isn’t an awful film, and it probably will prove as prophetic as “Decline of the American Empire.” But it never lets you forget that its filmmaker identifies too closely with his hero, that he’s “too intelligent” to make a thriller, or bother with getting one right. And in so-doing, his blunders are just as obvious as Pierre Paul’s.
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May 30, 2019
The problem lies with the central role. The character may be comic, as conceived, but Mr. Landry’s performance is flat. Pierre-Paul is certainly likable in his earnestness, amusing in his confusion and touching in his innocence. Yet he isn’t very funny — there’s no sparkle, no buoyancy, no surprise — and the blame doesn’t lie only with the actor, given the underlying earnestness of the writing and direction.
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