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‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ Review: Jude Law, as Vladimir Putin, and Paul Dano, as His Right-Hand Shadow, Give Ace Performances in What Is Basically a Glorified TV-Movie


Olivier Assayas's film about Vladimir Putin and his right-hand shadow has a one-thing-after-another quality that doesn’t allow it to gather force.

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