Under the steady hand of director John Madden («Shakespeare in Love,» «The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel»), the movie looks at Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain), a lobbyist who has become a master at her profession by, as the character says, «playing your trump card right after they play theirs.» (businessinsider.com)
But in the capable hands of director David O. Russell («Three Kings,» «I Heart Huckabees»), working from a screenplay by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson, Micky Ward's hardscrabble rise to the top — OK, to the middle — makes for a compelling underdog sports drama. (ericdsnider.com)
As it is, this penultimate finale to the saga of a boy wizard battling his evil nemesis moves along at a crisp pace under the steady hands of director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves, who (counting «Part 1») collaborated on the last three Harry Potter movies. (thefilmyap.com)