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Florence Pugh’s Thunderbolts* Performance Gets Five *s
“Pugh, in particular, gives the movie an emotional tangibility that makes it feel realms more solid than the last few years of Marvel product.”
In theaters May 2, the latest iteration of the Marvel Cinematic Universe follows a team of anti-heroes – Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and John Walker (Wyatt Russell) – as they fight through crises existential and otherwise. The movie’s two credited writers are established MCU scripter Eric Pearson ( Black Widow, Thor: Ragnarok) and Joanna Calo, whose TV accomplishments include writing for Bojack Horseman and, y’know, co-showrunning FX’s The Bear. Perfectly balancing guilt and ennui without ever being too cute about it, the Black Widow alum becomes the nucleus of the ensemble comedy that forms around her, none of which would work if Yelena didn’t so credibly appeal to the better angels of the people around her.” —David Ehrlich, IndieWire
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