The Guardian
The title is appropriate: it’s garrulous, elegant, bristling with classy performances from an A-list cast, and Deborah Eisenberg’s screenplay has a theatrical intimacy.
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Let Them All Talk
Meryl Streep reunites with director Steven Soderbergh (The Laundromat), playing a seasoned author in writing limbo. Fellow Oscar veterans Dianne Wiest and Candice Bergen play her longtime friends, one of whom has been scorned by her previous work. Shot during an actual week-long cruise with paying customers aboard, the film co-stars Lucas Hedges (Lady Bird) as the author's nephew and Gemma Chan (Humans) as a young literary agent.
2020112 minsUSA
ComedyDrama
Let Them All Talk / Reviews
Variety
May not be literature exactly, but it broadens other creators’ of idea of what the medium can do.
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The run-and-gun approach that makes this movie possible is also what ends up shooting it in the foot, as the clock is always ticking and Soderbergh never has time to get out of the shallows.
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A.V. Club
The sort of thing one might cook up to help pass the time during an extended voyage.
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Screen Daily
There’s a gentle, lived-in quality to the material that’s a departure for Soderbergh, whose films would rarely be called heartfelt.
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Slant Magazine
Steven Soderbergh’s signature formal gamesmanship enlivens what could have been a stodgy scenario.
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RogerEbert.com
It’s a wonderful film to experience as an acting and filmmaking exercise. Just take the trip.
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CNN
Soderbergh also offers some surprises, steering this polished little film in unexpected directions.
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Hollywood Reporter
It's full of wry observations about the confusion of relationships — female friendships in particular — along with droll insights about a writer's inspiration and whether drawing from real life constitutes a license or a betrayal.
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Entertainment Weekly
There’s a loose, jazzy verve to the production, a sort of sonic and visual razzmatazz that gives the film a fanciful Oceans 11-style gloss.
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