Roman Polanski’s new movie, an atmospheric political thriller, is a winner, critics agree—assuming you can forget the off-screen drama surrounding the director. Here’s what they’re saying:
- It’s “a dark pearl of a movie…made by a filmmaker suddenly returned to the height of his power,” writes Ken Turan of the LA Times. Polanski works his trademark themes into an “impeccable adult entertainment” not unlike Chinatown or Rosemary’s Baby.