![]() ![]() Mads Mikkelson plays Dial of Destiny’s villain, Nazi scientist Jürgen Voller, and critics are largely in unison singing his praises, even if his talent is also wasted on the script: “The biggest (or at least most evident) difference between Spielberg and Mangold is that one of them would never have allowed himself to make anything this stale, and one of them probably wasn’t given any other choice.” “It’s content to tick off everything you’ve seen in other Indiana Jones films already, but with little of Spielberg’s sparkle.” “James Mangold, tasked with living up to a fearsome legacy, is competent with an action set piece, but displays little of Spielberg’s nimble, inventive physics, or of Spielberg’s famous gift for conjuring awe.” “The missing component is Steven Spielberg, for as talented as a director James Mangold is, he cannot measure up to the cinematic brilliance that Spielberg imbues into each of his projects.” Other critics agree that Spielberg’s “sparkle” is missing from the film: But Spielberg, who has only an executive producer credit, is somewhere else. You wanted an Indiana Jones movie? You got one. Writing at, Ben Kenigsberg says that while director James Mangold is clearly talented, he lacks Spielberg’s “genius for constructing set pieces.” Still, he reminds us that much of our love of the originals is steeped in nostalgia: “This one has quite a bit of zip and fun and narrative ingenuity with all its MacGuffiny silliness that the last one really didn’t.” ![]() “It’s an improvement on the execrable Crystal Skull.” “A belabored reminder that some relics are better left where and when they belong.” “Unfortunately, it ultimately feels like a counterfeit of priceless treasure: the shape and the gleam of it might be superficially convincing for a bit, but the shabbier craftsmanship gets all the more glaring the longer you look.” “If this is the final Indiana Jones movie, as it most likely will be, it’s nice to see that they stuck the landing.” – Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline Hollywood Daily ![]()
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