Painfully safe, bland, generic and by-the-numbers. Movie about nothing. Highlight was Jack Black's performance who brought a lot more depth to Bowser's character than was in the original script

The central relationship lacked the level of romantic tension to make for a great romance film, yet neither was there enough conflict to make for quick-witted screwball banter. It's also paced a little on the slow side, even for 1940s standards. It's perfectly fine as rom-coms go, but nothing great.

A story about a trans woman made by and for cis people. Lili Elbe is a very important figure, and I'm glad she's been given the full Hollywood treatment, but her story is told both with the emotional subtlety of a fire truck and in probably the most offensive faux-progressive way possible. Everything from Redmayne's casting to equating of transness to mental illness is offensive to the genderqueer community, and even if wasn't offensive the movie just isn't that great, anyways (asides from some pretty cinematography and of course, Alicia Vikander)

Individually, many of the scenes are absolutely beautiful, and the way Makhmalbaf combines music and camerawork together is a wonder to behold, but taken together as whole, the great individual moments fail to create a narrative that is more than just mildly engaging. Also, I know none of the characters were played by professionals, but the lead child actor was still terrible, regardless.