We tend to look to cinema for brief relief from all negative aspects of life, but what if that relief was blended with yet another reminder of the situation we’re in? Can such a thing be made darkly comical while not being overbearing in its messaging? Does Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s latest film balance reality and fiction well enough to stand tall, or does its themes only encourage it to… er… dig its own grave?

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