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Film Reviews: New releases for Nov. 19 - 21
WICKED: FOR GOOD; RENTAL FAMILY; JAY KELLY; SENTIMENTAL VALUE; TRAIN DREAMS; SELENA Y LOS DINOS
George Clooney and Adam Sandler in "Jay Kelly" Netflix Stellan Skarsgard and Reinate Reinsve in "Sentimental Value" Neon Films Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in "Wicked: For Good" Universal Pictures Jay Kelly **1/2 I’d like to believe that writer/director Noah Baumbach is self-aware about his protagonist being a narcissistic asshole—but I just can’t quite get there.
Baumbach seems far too sympathetic towards Jay Kelly (George Clooney), an aging movie star sparked by several coinciding events—the death of his filmmaking mentor (Jim Broadbent); an encounter with an old acting-school classmate…
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