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The Devil Has a Name

2019

Edward James Olmos

Pablo Schreiber, Martin Sheen, Kate Bosworth, Edward James Olmos ...

4.5

170

Drama A psychotic oil matriarch leaves the whole industry exposed when she attempts to outfight a bullish farmer whose water has been poisoned.

	Author	Review
United States	Beandrea July The Hollywood Reporter	"The significant acting chops of [Strathairn, Olmos and Sheen] is the primary reason the film is worth seeing (...) But the film lacks coherence at times (...) The whodunit aspect of the movie also feels forced and unnecessary"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ellen E. Jones The Guardian	"Unlike the films Dark Waters or Erin Brockovich, The Devil Has a Name isn’t grounded in a specific case and loses much of its moral power as a result (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"[It] means to deliver an inspirational lesson about the depravity of big industry and the power of the little guy. But it’s mostly a muddle."	NEG
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"A master class in casting (...) Bosworth owns every scene (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Katie Walsh Chicago Tribune	"[It] has an important message if you can get past the unwieldy melodrama of the film, but the second coming of 'Erin Brockovich' this is not (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"What should have been a galvanizing David-versus-Goliath story pales in comparison with Amazon series 'Goliath,' which is comparably colorful but far more coherent as it hits so many of the same beats."	NEU
United States	Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"McEveety’s tortured and shallow script turns this courtroom drama into something out of a wild and wacky crime movie, filled with all kinds of stunts and twists, rather than human motivation."	NEG
United States	Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"The Fight Against Big Oil Becomes Pulpy Entertainment (...) A heightened romp that goes well beyond satire to embrace absurdity instead"	NEU

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