The Death and Life of John F. Donovan reviews

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The Guardian - vicious:

The Canadian writer-director’s star-packed English language debut, telling the story of a closeted actor and his friendship with a young boy, is a dubious mess

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/s ... ld-misfire
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The Death and Life of John F. Donovan reviews

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I'm only including a thread of this film because it was one of those films that generated buzz pretty much as soon as filming and casting was announced and other reviews may come in that a more positive than this one from THR:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/revie ... ew-1142026
"I want cement covering every blade of grass in this nation! Don't we taxpayers have a voice anymore?" Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) in John Waters' Desperate Living (1977)
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