He's usually able to imbue any of these with some modicum of the charisma that's made him a movie star, and when that magnetism and chosen persona combine with the right filmmaker, the result can be wonderful: the grinning idiot of O Brother, Where Art Thou? (pajiba.com)
I always like when an actor hooks up with the right filmmaker. (hollywoodnews.com)
The romantic subplot with Shailene Woodley is misguided and flat, but the story of Edward Snowden is an important one and Stone is the right filmmaker to tell it. (rogerebert.com)