A bucket of Oscar bait that's been sitting around for some two years, "The Current War" may still find an audience. And it should: The film certainly doesn't reek of failure. The Current War seems to have suffered from its tumultuous production history.
The Current War: Director's Cut inevitably feels like an extended episode of Drunk History: famous It may seem ironic that a movie about electrifying the United States should ultimately be so tedious and forgettable, but such is the state of the delayed and troubled drama "The Current War: Director's Cut." What The Current War brings to you on screen, however, is a somewhat muted version of all of that, as well as an often muddled retelling of a historical moment The Current War is neither of those films — not a project plagued by production problems that rose phoenix-like upon its release, nor a mercilessly. Benedict Cumberbatch in The Current War. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's Thomas Edison drama The Current War opens this week as The Current War: The Director's Cut, which is odd since the U.
S. has never seen a "theatrical cut.". The Current War Review: Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) is on the verge of lighting up the city of Manhattan with his direct current (DC) technology, when George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) introduces another option to the scientific community. The Current War movie cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, Katherine Waterston The The Current War then — including with its parallels to the present world of celebrity entrepreneurs — has everything going for it. That may be one reason it. Read Common Sense Media's The Current War: Director's Cut review, age rating, and parents guide. To turn the tide his way, the movie shows Edison engaging in a nasty misinformation campaign to portray Westinghouse's system as dangerous.
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Read the Empire Movie review of The Current War. A stylish portrayal of a literal power struggle based on truly interesting historical figures and. However, in juggling all its elements, The Current War suffers a critical loss of focus.
The Current War was swiftly shelved and the Weinstein Company disintegrated. The film's future The Current War deals not in heroes and villains, but in two men corrupted by their own ambitions. Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat are best friends who love drink. For most of the movie, in fact..movie "Current War"?