“Air,” the first Ben Affleck feature since 2016’s disappointing “Live by Night,” never lets us forget that. The film is set in the 1980s, but so is the storytelling. There’s no wokeness to be found, no attempts to guilt characters into addressing racial disparities or apologize for wealth creation.
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It’s a great story beautifully told, and there’s not an ounce of fat to be trimmed from this all-American fable. …
No lectures, just the greatest athlete of his generation getting the respect, and points, he deserved.
What a throwback.
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