In Dubious Battle (2016)
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Movie Nation Roger Moore
As thrilling as it is that Franco got In Dubious Battle made - the title comes from Milton's “Paradise Lost” - and as impressive as the cast list is on paper, his inability to spot star power and screen charisma in actors younger than himself lets him and Steinbeck down.
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Variety Owen Gleiberman
The movie gives us bits and pieces of drama, but in a larger way it doesn't invite us in.
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Screen International Lee Marshall
A film that, after its initial promise, descends, at times, into TV-historical-drama mannerisms.
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The Playlist Jessica Kiang
It's maybe Franco's best-crafted film to date, and also maybe his dullest.
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The Hollywood Reporter Boyd van Hoeij
There is not a lot of risk-taking involved in the visual storytelling or in trying to find a cinematic equivalent of the novel's style, making In Dubious Battle a rather classical period piece for the most part, though one with at least one very solid performance at its center.
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Slant Magazine Chuck Bowen
Bits of editorializing dialogue throughout James Franco's In Dubious Battle suggest the resonant film that might've been.
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The A.V. Club Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
This one even comes with a freebie: It's got “dubious” right there in the title. But instead of being sloppily miscalculated (the “Franco touch”), this attempt at a Depression-era labor drama in the vein of John Sayles just bores its way through almost two hours of screen time, never rising above anonymity.
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