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Iconoclastic director gets his mojo back - sort of - with eccentric, energetic adaptation of Ransom Riggs' young-adult novel; Oliver Stone’s Whistleblower Biopic isn’t crazy enough

By Peter Travers

Published October 02, 2016

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Iconoclastic director gets his mojo back - sort of - with eccentric, energetic adaptation of Ransom Riggs' young-adult novel; Oliver Stone’s Whistleblower Biopic isn’t crazy enough

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