Kenneth Turan : NPR

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2015</time></h2> <article class="item no-image has-audio"> <div class="item-info-wrap"> <div class="item-info"> <div class="slug-wrap"> <h3 class="slug-tag"> Review </h3> <h3 class="slug"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/movie-reviews/">Movie Reviews</a></h3> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2015/10/30/453072636/our-brand-is-crisis-stalls-and-stumbles" data-metrics-ga4='{"action":"topic_homepage_recirculation_click","category":"recirculation","clickType":"kenneth-turan","clickName":"topic headline click","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/10\/30\/453072636\/our-brand-is-crisis-stalls-and-stumbles","clickPosition":"2.20"}' >'Our Brand Is Crisis' Stalls And Stumbles</a></h2> <p class="teaser"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2015/10/30/453072636/our-brand-is-crisis-stalls-and-stumbles"><time datetime="2015-10-30"><span class="date">October 30, 2015  </span></time>The political comedy <em>Our Brand Is Crisis</em> stars Sandra Bullock as an American campaign 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