🍿 The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020) has some great set pieces in Armando Ianucci’s signature style: too many bodies in too small of a room, yelling at each other; rinse, repeat. This may work well for a short story or a historical anecdote, but a 600+ page doorstopper requires too many corners to be cut and so all that’s left is the yelling. Amusing, and not much more.