Transcript: Review: David Edelstein on "Iron Man" the movie

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DAVID BIANCULLI
NPR Fresh Air
05-02-2008
Review: David Edelstein on "Iron Man" the movie

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Time 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM

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The much-anticipated movie based on the Marvel comic superhero "Iron Man" opens today. Robert Downey Jr. stars, along with Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges. Film critic David Edelstein has a review.

Mr. DAVID EDELSTEIN: Watching "Iron Man," it occurred to me that every age gets not the superhero it deserves, but the superhero who'll ease its anxieties, picking up on bad vibes and transforming them into something that lets us sleep better. In the '30s, Superman was a Midwest farmboy who came to Metropolis ...

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