American Ugly: Eddington’s Carnival Mirror

Watching Eddington is akin to staring at your reflection in a carnival mirror for two hours and twenty-five minutes; it's wacky, exaggerated, and distorted—and you are the source from which it springs. For all the movie's hyperbole, it rings disturbingly true. While so much has happened in the U.S. over the last five years, Eddington is a jocular, jolting reminder that nothing’s progressed; we’ve…