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Mike Newell

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British film director known for films including Donnie Brasco, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Love in the Time of Cholera.

Directed feature films across drama, comedy, crime and literary adaptations; has directed both mainstream hits and divisive adaptations.

DeBaser's reviews of Mike Newell range from praise for Donnie Brasco's performances and realism to harsh criticism of his adaptations (notably Harry Potter 4 and Love in the Time of Cholera). Reviewers comment on casting, pacing, dubbing and stylistic mismatch. Overall sentiment is mixed: one strong positive, two broadly negative and one playful short note.

For:Fans of film criticism, readers interested in adaptations and mainstream cinema

 Mike Newell is a director of romantic-dramatic films.

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 "In Cosa Nostra, if someone summons you, you’re alive when you enter and dead when you leave."

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 If you have read "Love in the Time of Cholera" by the immortal Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel Prize in Literature, one of the greatest literary geniuses of all time, keep away from this insipid and gaudy film adaptation.

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 ZOT!!!

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