Other recent films include PRISONERS opposite Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal; OBLIVION, opposite Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman; the blockbuster OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Freeman and Aaron Eckhart; Robert Zemeckis's critically acclaimed drama FLIGHT, with Denzel Washington; THE EQUALIZER which reunited her with both Fuqua and Washington. (sho.com)
Here, too, as in other recent films, Allen relies heavily on expository dialogue and voiceover to impel the plot forward. (theatlantic.com)
At its heart, Mockingjay Part 1 is a 123 minute advertisement that does not offer enough intrigue or detail to be worth the time spent in the cinema, especially when the dialogue gets away from them (there are a few too many restatements of something conveyed visually, though not as many as other recent films like Interstellar). (alphaprimitive.com)