The film's most affecting passages concern how a life comes into focus as it ends. Its mixture of illness, memory loss, regret and fragile pleasure can be deeply moving without...
Pros: acting performance, lead performance
Cons: narrative repetition, ensemble balance
The missing Thing's implied horrific fate feels overly dark to one critic amid the silly slapstick. Another reaction enjoys the death-related surprises for making the adventure less predictable.
Pros: humor, lead performance
Cons: pacing, story quality