''Director Peter Berg has made a powerful film and an important reminder of what really happens when we send men and women off to war. It's just too bad that subtlety isn't a stronger weapon in his arsenal.''

''Like most of his later work, High Hopes believes in the human spirit but also in the power of outrage. And that, like Bruce, the more things change, the more they stay the same.''

The setting is near-future New York City. Following a Times Square terrorist attack, the rich have retreated into a decadent virtual reality and the middle class has disappeared, leaving the broken-down city in a state of lawlessness. Our guide through this fantasy of degentrification is a trash collector-turned-hitman named Spademan.

If season 3 of Girls proves anything, it's that Lena Dunham listens to her haters.