The impenetrable fifth film in the franchise proves that director Michael Bay has run out of ideas (theguardian.com)
That's the beauty of hindsight, because even those who kept faith with Harmony Korine throughout his alienating Mister Lonely / Trash Humpers period must surely have approached the writer / director's fifth film with a degree of uncertainty. (lwlies.com)
Sean Penn's fifth film as director, a romantic drama starring Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem, would likely be worth checking out even if it wasn't for the voyeuristic thrill of seeing Penn and Theron on the red carpet less than a year after their relationship broke up. (thewrap.com)