Spotlight DVD REVIEW Now streaming and on DVD: 'The Critic' isn't as telling as it's cracked up to be BRUCE R. MILLER Sioux City Journal Dec 9, 2024 Dec 9, 2024 Updated Jun 9, 2025 0 × ONLY IN CINEMAS 13TH SEPTEMBER #TheCriticFilmUK Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The best critic on film was George Sanders in “All About Eve.”kAmsC@==[ 4@??:G:?8 2?5 2=H2JD H:EEJ[ 96 96=A65 DE:C E96 A@E 2?5 AFE E96 H966=D @7 5C2>2 :? >@E:@?]k^AmkAm$:?46 E96?[ 7:=>D 92G6 EC:65 E@ 42AEFC6 E96 ;@3 W36=:6G6 >6[ :E’D ?@E E92E 4@>A=6IX 2?5 72:=65] “p>6C:42’D $H66E962CED[” 2 q:==J rCJDE2= G6?EFC6 H:E9 yF=:2 #@36CED EC:65 3FE 76== 7=2E]k^AmkAm}@H[ E96C6’D “%96 rC:E:4[” 2 D66>:?8=J ;F:4J =@@< 2E 2 `hb_D ?6HDA2A6C 4C:E:4 DE2CC:?8 x2? |4z6==6?]k^Am kAm|4z6==6? :D A6C764E :? 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