Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeMovies about the making of movies rarely find an audience. That long-standing Hollywood dictum will be defied this weekend with the Netflix release of Mank, but here’s the rub: The central character is a critic who becomes a screenwriter who becomes a victim.That may be a clue as to why Mank this week is receiving reviews somewhere between worshipful and orgasmic.
Mank is the perfect tonic for film critics who have few movies to review and no festivals or award shows around to herald their “raves.”None of is this to deny that Mank represents an exercise in film artistry, as well as in good timing.
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