Steve Carell
The Morning Show season two review: Aniston and Witherspoon return – minus #MeToo
The first season’s Weinstein-esque plot pivot added emotional heft to TMS’s glossiness. But as we kick off again, Apple’s drama is back to fluff and empty monologues
Jack Seale
17, Sep, 2021 @11:30 AM
It gets … worse: what can we learn from movies set in 2021?
A look ahead, courtesy of movies set in the next 12 months, suggests we should expect natural disasters, all-consuming tech and a super swine flu
Charles Bramesco
04, Jan, 2021 @3:00 PM
Irresistible review – subtle satire from Jon Stewart
Steve Carell is a political strategist lost in backwoods America in a Capra-esque satire from ex-Daily Show host Jon Stewart
Mark Kermode, Observer fim critic
28, Jun, 2020 @7:00 AM
Irresistible review – Jon Stewart’s political non-satire for liberals is as dull as it gets | Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Steve Carell is lacklustre as a political strategist for the Democrats in this flaccid film that sits on the fence
Peter Bradshaw
22, Jun, 2020 @9:00 PM
Crash landing: Space Force is not the Trump satire we need right now
Steve Carell’s new Netflix comedy series is a toothless attempt to ridicule the current administration, failing to be either sharp or entertaining
Charles Bramesco
02, Jun, 2020 @7:05 AM
Space Force review – Steve Carell parody fails to reach orbit
Unfunny, nowhere near as bonkers as the real thing and saved only by John Malkovich, who knows what planet the makers of this Trump-adjacent satire were on
Lucy Mangan
29, May, 2020 @11:30 AM
'Everyone considered it a bad idea': How The Office went from Slough to Scranton
As the latest collaboration between Greg Daniels and Steve Carell, Space Force, comes to Netflix, the stars of The US Office look back at the making of a modern classic
Simon Bland
29, May, 2020 @11:00 AM
The most exciting movies of 2020 – family films
Mulan fights her way out of controversy, Pixar jams with a jazz Coco and Keanu Reeves stars opposite SpongeBob Squarepants in next year’s most promising kids’ flicks
Guardian film
25, Dec, 2019 @7:00 AM
The Morning Show: why the messy #MeToo drama is both hit and miss
The star-studded, $15m-an-episode series is a scramble of bad dialogue and thinly sketched characters yet its handling of sexual politics is grimly transfixing
Adrian Horton
06, Nov, 2019 @6:00 AM
The Morning Show review – Jennifer Aniston returns in a masterwork for the #MeToo era
Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carrell match the Friends star stride for stride in this funny, fearless drama from Apple TV+
Lucy Mangan
01, Nov, 2019 @6:00 AM
Why the privileged white male is bombing at the Box Office
Troubled white men, in film and on Esquire’s new cover, are everywhere. Does anyone care?
Steve Rose
25, Feb, 2019 @10:05 AM
And the nominees aren't: the Oscarbait films that failed in 2019
While Roma and The Favourite might be leading the race, there’s a list of major prospects that struggled to turn buzz into votes
Benjamin Lee
23, Jan, 2019 @8:00 AM
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