It is a story!
Very few modern movies are.
If there isn't blood and sex or a psychosis or some distant future on a faraway world WHICH WILL NEVER EXIST, then critics and voyeuristic movie goers don't care for it.
I also don't understand critics' objection to CGI in this movie.
Is it just fine in those death-in-the-sky-distant-future films, but not for this?. I enjoyed CoTW immensely because I could relax and be entertained with a simple story. I care nothing for films that set me on edge.
Does anyone other than me remember "entertainment"?
Movies used to be fun.