!['Empire of Light' Review: Sam Mendes' Ode to Cinema is an Insincere Drag [TIFF 2022]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5816af52e6f2e15be207b0cd/1663615031664-TJMZRJA4WRROL3UZ8D2T/teaser-trailer-for-director-sam-mendes-empire-of-light-about-the-magic-of-cinema-and-human-connection.jpg)
Empire of Light is well acted, well shot, and of course competently constructed. However, it is a hollow film that has very little to actually say. It is consistently insincere in its presentation, and for that it ultimately ends up feeling rather dull.
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