Thomas Butt is a senior writer at Collider who focuses on classic movies.
The Big Picture One of cinema's rising stars, Cailee Spaeny's versatility has exposed her to a mass audience. Whether she's playing Priscilla Presley or the new Scream Queen in the recently released Alien: Romulus, Spaeny has something for everyone. Best of all, she's a young star in a Hollywood apparatus that has failed to develop young stars outside the franchise model. No film capitalized on her dynamic energy more than Civil War, one of 2024's noisiest releases.
Met with generally positive reviews, Civil War envisioned a dystopian, but wholly plausible, vision of an America divided against itself. Garland's film tracks this modern-day civil war from the perspective of journalists, Lee , Joel , and Sammy , traveling across the nation to obtain an interview with the disgraced President . Tagging alongside the three experienced journalists is Jessie , a plucky newcomer who idolizes Lee.
Cailee Spaeny's Jessie Is Idyllic and Hopeful Compared to Her Colleagues in 'Civil War' Close While the three vets have been stripped of their soul and passion, Jessie still has aspirations and idealism. Against the wishes of Lee, who has no desire to babysit this naive kid, she tags along with the crew on their perilous journey to Washington DC. Jessie, who is influenced by Lee and studies all her famous photographs, evokes the hopeful eagerness of a recent college grad.
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