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The piece itself is a very contained script: two people, New York City, all-night shoots, felt very manageable to me.
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Carlos Aguilar, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
Firth is likely to get all the praise, and his contained unraveling is compelling.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
That outcome isn’t more likely than a more contained scenario, which would limit the war to a ground offensive in Gaza and have almost no long-term global economic consequences.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
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Carlos Aguilar, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
Firth is likely to get all the praise, and his contained unraveling is compelling.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
That outcome isn’t more likely than a more contained scenario, which would limit the war to a ground offensive in Gaza and have almost no long-term global economic consequences.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
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“Contained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contained. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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