He puts the objection inside the praise. Bob and Willa barely share the screen, he says, and then argues that their connection is what holds the whole picture together anyway. A review that has already answered its own strongest counter-argument.
A father-daughter epic, with an unusually personal gush of feeling. You can count on one hand the number of scenes that Bob and Willa share, but their connection – a swirl of protectiveness, exasperation, and fiercely unconditional love – binds the movie and its madly whirling parts together.One Battle After Another88
So cowed by its iconic predecessor.Wicked: For Good40