Pattinson is the dominant performance story: most reactions find his Hansen magnetic, grotesque, funny, unsettling, and unusually committed. A smaller group thinks the exaggeration turns Hansen into a caricature, but...
Pros: lead performance, visual style
Cons: theme depth, story quality
Robert Pattinson earns some of the strongest notices for turning Charlie’s panic, cowardice, and spiraling anxiety into expressive dark comedy. Even reviews that dislike the character often credit Pattinson with...
Pros: humor, theme depth
Cons: character development, screenplay quality
Pattinson is repeatedly celebrated as a deliciously oily, devious, and entertaining Antinous who energizes the Ithaca storyline.
Pros: supporting cast performance, acting performance
Cons: pacing, dialogue quality