The Uncut Gems star's ensemble deviates from his signature style, which typically includes oversize T-shirts, hoodies and shorts, as well as stylish sneakers.
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Charna Flam,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
The Act’s control over owners and clubs also deviates substantially from American practices and is chilling to investment.
Opponents say the program diverts money away from public schools in need of further investment.
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Lina Ruiz
September 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
Talk of bringing in the National Guard is less a solution than a distraction — a show of force that diverts attention away from the deeper investments communities need.
Yet whereas Taxi Driver ends in a sequence of redemptive carnage, First Reformed swerves in its last moments into a scene so ostentatiously at odds with everything coming before that accepting it at face value would seem to mean denying the film up to that point had anything serious to say.
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Roy Scranton
August 20,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
Apart from one shocking death (when Tranter switches from neutralizing bombs up close to eliminating threats with his long-range rifle), the action is entertaining enough in the moment, but not especially memorable.
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Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Once the chips are down, though, McConaughey effortlessly switches up to action mode, and the film starts to resemble a fever dream of Speed.
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