Happy Thanksgiving wishes to N.Y. Post critic/bogger Lou Lumenick and his ninth annual Turkey Awards, despite the bizarre hostility shown to The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
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Brad Pitt didn’t “stink up empty theaters posing and mumbling his way through the title role” — he gave something close to the finest performance of his career. And Andrew Dominik‘s film wasn’t “longer than its title” — it was a time-travel journey so immaculate I never once thought about my watch.
Cheers once more to Warner Brothers for releasing this phenomenal film with all the passion of someone popping quarters into a parking meter. I realize they’ve recently stepped up to the plate with “For Your Consideration” trade ads and a two-disc screener sent to Academy members and elite press, but the initial build-up and theatrical release couldn’t have been less passionate.
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