SEBERG – Review by MaryAnn Johanson

February 18, 2020February 21, 2020 MaryAnn Johanson 0 Comments Anthony Mackie, Jean Seberg, Kristen Stewart, Seberg

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French New Wave icon Jean Seberg died in 1979 at the age of 40, perhaps driven to take her own life — or did she? — by the conviction that the FBI had been spying on her since the 60s, targeting her because of her civil-rights activism and her affair with the black radical Hakim Jamal (here played by Anthony Mackie). She died before learning that this was, in fact, the case.

The cat-and-mouse game that the actress never realized she was playing is the crux around which the confused Seberg pivots. By far the most compelling aspect of this limp, strangled attempt to merge the biopic with the paranoid thriller is the central performance by the always fascinating Kristen Stewart. Continue reading…

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MaryAnn Johanson

MaryAnn Johanson is a freelance writer on film, TV, DVD, and pop culture from New York City and now based in London. She is the webmaster and sole critic at FlickFilosopher.com, which debuted in 1997 and is now one of the most popular, most respected, and longest-running movie-related sites on the Internet. Her film reviews also appear in a variety of alternative-weekly newspapers across the U.S. Johanson is one of only a few film critics who is a member of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (the Webby organization), an invitation-only, 500-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities. She is also a member of the Online Film Critics Society. She has appeared as a cultural commentator on BBC Radio, LBC-London, and on local radio programs across North America, and she served as a judge at the first Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Festival at the 2003 I-Con, the largest SF convention on the East Coast. She is the author of The Totally Geeky Guide to The Princess Bride, and is an award-winning screenwriter. Read Johanson's recent articles below. For her AWFJ.org archive, type "MaryAnn Johanson" in the Search Box (upper right corner of screen).