Movies in a Minute: "Elemental"
Movie critic Bruce Miller says “Elemental” has visuals that spark some interest, but the story itself is more interested in making puns than firing emotions.
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Writers, apparently, were so enamored with their ability to play off the characters’ earth, wind, fire and water clichés they didn’t miss an opportunity to toss in two more. The result: 'Elemental' is an overstuffed metaphor for the world.
Jennifer Lawrence – working harder than she should – stars as a Montauk native who’s behind on her taxes and doesn’t have a car to earn Uber money. When she sees an online ad offering a car in exchange for “friendship,” she jumps – and we’re off.
Writers seem so enamored with their ability to play off the characters’ earth, wind, fire and water clichés they don’t miss an opportunity to toss two more in. The result is an overstuffed metaphor for the world we live in.
