Jodi Miller

If you'd been lamenting the dearth of films filled with Breaking Bad cameos, catchphrases, shout-outs, Easter eggs, and flashbacks, fear not: you have a bit more than two hours of just that waiting for you. If you're seeking originality, plot twists, irony, any reference to a lead character having become a capable adult in his own right and having the capacity to create witty or provocative solutions to his own problems, sorry: Vince Gilligan delayed Better Call Saul another several months so he could work on this craven awards-und-cash grab. Even the music and cinematography, usually stunning, are hoary and limp compared to what they should be. Scoring is usually perfect. The settings are usually masterfully shot. Here? Almost wished for silence. Might as well all be interiors.