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Pauline Kael

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Film critic known for contrarian takes, quoted critiquing Back to the Future's representation of teenage culture and 1950s nostalgia.

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"She was so dumb and arrogant, and, really, all her work is worthless impressionistic criticism that had little to do with art and more to do with her pathology and ego. She flat out lied about Orson Welles's work on Citizen Kane and caused him great pain in his final years when he already couldn't g"
"If I can't work up much enthusiasm for it, it's because I'm not crazy about movies with kids as the heroes—especially bland, clean-cut, nice kids like Marty. In this role, Michael J. Fox approaches acting as a form of aerobics—he's primed, he's nimble and proficient, and he delivers a processed, TV "
"let's look what my favourite contrarian Pauline Kael had to say"
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