Thompson on Hollywood: This Weekend: Head to Disney's Big-Budget Western 'The Lone Ranger,' Sundance Hit 'The Way, Way Back' and 'Despicable Me 2'

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This Weekend: Head to Disney's Big-Budget Western 'The Lone Ranger,' Sundance Hit 'The Way, Way Back' and 'Despicable Me 2' Jul 3rd 2013, 18:19, by Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio This holiday weekend, two family-oriented tentpoles will be vying for American eyeballs: Disney's "The Lone Ranger" and Universal's "Despicable Me 2." We recommend both. Plagued by production hiccups, "The Lone Ranger" has received flack from critics, but cinephiles, it's on the screen for you to savor. Yes, at two and a half hours with a budget of $250 million, it's too long and pricey, but don't deprive yourself of the visual and aural splendors of the most expensive western ever made, lovingly and reflexively, by the team that brought you those dreadful "Pirates of the Caribbean" films--and "Rango." The movie is ironic yet sincere, historic yet fictional, mythic yet comedic. Armie Hammer is well cast as an innocent lawyer who grows into manhood as a Texas Ranger. Depp plays deadpan Comanche Tonto as a sexily athletic warrior. "Despicable Me 2" brings back the gibberish-burbling taxi-yellow Minions, who provide so much of the physical comedy,  and the girls, as they were in the... Media files: the-lone-ranger.jpg (image/jpeg)

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