by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
The Pod Generation isn’t perhaps the most subtle sci-fi film, but considering the timeliness of its subject matter, maybe it doesn’t need to be.
Directed by Paul Feig
Written by Emma Thompson and Greg Wise
Starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Emma Thompson, Michelle Yeoh
MPAA rating: PG-13 for language and sexual content
Running Time: 1 hour 43 minutes
by Audrey Callerstrom
Rolling Stone magazine gave Paul Feig’s Last Christmas a one-star review, to which the director replied, via Twitter, “Can our one star at least be a really really big star?” Followed by a star emoji, a smiley face emoji, and a heart emoji. It’s a playful response to a review that eviscerates Feig’s film, which was co-written by Emma Thompson and loosely based on the music of George Michael. It’s a certain “aw, gee whiz!” kind of charm that is completely absent from this lopsided, clumsy, and unsurprising Christmas rom-com.