If there were an Oscar for Best Save, the new reworking of the two-year-old Toronto Film Festival misfire TheCurrentWar would win in a walk
, the new reworking of the two-year-old Toronto Film Festival misfirewould win in a walk. I first saw this film at TIFF, where the Weinstein Company held its world premiere in 2017. It was premature, to say the least, and the film was not ready for primetime, not well-received critically nor by audiences as it was an overlong rather confused drama depicting the AC/DC battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to get the rights to light up the country.
With his editing team on board , Gomez-Rejon has smartly reimagined his movie and made it far more vital and entertaining than the lumbering version I recall. Now it pops off the screen as any film with this kind of cast and production valueThe story remains the same, but it has been given new life, and it is thrilling to watch — particularly for those interested in the titans of our history and people who would be running Silicon Valley if they were alive in this era.
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