Corny, derivative tosh

Rating: 5/10 (14 July 2018)

What a load of corny, derivative tosh this turned out to be. I can understand why it won an Oscar for production design, but, best film? No way.
It initially mad me think of Amelie. It has that kind of not-quite-reality feel about it. So it was good to look at, with nice music, but nasty violence and an inevitable Bad Guy. Why do American films always have to have a Bad Guy? Usually the military.
I failed to feel any sympathy with anyone except for Octavia Spencer's character, Zelda. Everyone else had An Agenda. And, as usual, the whole thing is, sadly, reduced to firearms.
Interesting to see good old Nigel Bennett from Wolverhampton (UK) playing a Russian. Not sure how good his accent was, but probably not as good as the genuine Russians in The Americans.
Why are films built up so much by critics only to be a disappointment? The films critics hate also seem to do better at the box office.