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Helen’s husband, Wallace (Andrew Buchan), is a defense secretary and member of the conservative party, who toes a fine line between complicit villain and naive do-gooder, without ever risking anything more personal than his reputation.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
The hope was that, like Venom, this charismatic killer could anchor a franchise before potentially mixing it up with Holland’s friendly neighborhood do-gooder, or Tom Hardy’s schizophrenic symbiote, or maybe even the big leaguers in that lucrative cinematic universe a few shops over.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Ban is a rarity, a pragmatic do-gooder with a sublime aesthetic touch, whose few duds are mostly homes for the rich.
—Curbed Editors, Curbed, 29 Nov. 2024
Dawn, after killing her boyfriend, seeks comfort in a do-gooder gynecologist (also played by Karl) who reveals himself to be a predator.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
The hope was that, like Venom, this charismatic killer could anchor a franchise before potentially mixing it up with Holland’s friendly neighborhood do-gooder, or Tom Hardy’s schizophrenic symbiote, or maybe even the big leaguers in that lucrative cinematic universe a few shops over.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Ban is a rarity, a pragmatic do-gooder with a sublime aesthetic touch, whose few duds are mostly homes for the rich.
—Curbed Editors, Curbed, 29 Nov. 2024
Dawn, after killing her boyfriend, seeks comfort in a do-gooder gynecologist (also played by Karl) who reveals himself to be a predator.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Do-gooder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do-gooder. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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