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Film Review — Maria

Film Review — Maria

Pablo Larraín’s biopic of opera singer Maria Callas proves a disappointment

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Jan 16, 2025
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Critics have mostly praised Angelina Jolie’s lead performance as opera singer Maria Callas in the third of Pablo Larraín’s unofficial trilogy concerning famous 20th-century women. Frankly, I think Jolie has been overpraised in Maria and was far better in the likes of A Mighty Heart (2007) and Changeling (2008). But she is far from the…

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