The Skylight Music Theatre's season closer, Pirates of Penzance, burst across the stage with comic energy. (shepherdexpress.com)
Retelling the L. Ron Hubbard origin story as a way of exploring American masculinity after World War II, The Master spoils its audience with rich photography from Mihai Malaimare Jr. (replacing regular Anderson DP Robert Elswit), a dreamy Jonny Greenwood score, and two dueling lead performances that infuse Anderson's fifth feature with a jolt of darkly comic energy. (moviemezzanine.com)
As it was last time around, Heffernan is a real standout in terms of sheer comic energy although the surface - level crassness of his oafish poonhound wears thin in a world where it's a lot less «transgressive» to make gay panic jokes. (consequenceofsound.net)