The Current War's reviews

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The Guardian

Peter Bradshaw

60

Benedict Cumberbatch transmits medium voltage portrait of Thomas Edison. The battle over rival electricity systems fought out between Edison and fellow inventor George Westinghouse is illuminating ? but perhaps not quite as much as it could have been

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Vulture

David Edelstein

60

'The Current War' is an absorbing biopic that never quite snaps into focus.

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The Hollywood Reporter

David Rooney

40

Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon face off as rival American electricity pioneers Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse in this biodrama from 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.

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Indiewire

David Ehrlich

25

A lavish but utterly lifeless period drama about the rivalry between two of America's greatest geniuses.

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Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote

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