The Big Picture · Review
May 25, 2018/ 39 min/ Sean Fennessey · David Shoemaker
Same-night reaction to 'Solo,' where the Lando problem turns out to be that there isn't one.
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'Solo: A Star Wars Story'full spoilers
Ehrenreich is fine, which is the whole problem when the role is Harrison Ford. Donald Glover's Lando is the through-line success; the Chewbacca meet-cute and the 10-minute war-movie detour work too. The knocks: a card game whose stakes you can't read, a Darth Maul cameo that raises more questions than it answers, and direction that's more competent than distinctive.
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Star Wars canon, for comparison Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryThe Empire Strikes BackStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Comparisons and namedrops Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeAvengers: Infinity WarArrivalBlade Runner 2049SplashA Beautiful MindApollo 13Cinderella Man21 Jump StreetThe Lego Movie
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