Talk:1917 (2019 film)

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Bramesco, Charles (November 26, 2019). "1917 writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns funneled WWI obsessions into the single-shot epic". Polygon.

Why no “critical acclaim”?

There is an invisible comment on the page telling editors not to use “critical acclaim” to describe the critical response, could somebody explain why this is the case? Many other film pages use this, I don’t see why this one can’t? Fobz12345 (talk) 02:40, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reception section: undue weight to negative review

Rotten Tomatoes has 90% positive reviews (currently 89% per the article), but 1 of the section’s 3 paras, taking up nearly 1/3rd of the section, is given over to a negative review. This is WP:UNDUE. Boscaswell talk 09:51, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]