Ansel Elgort Kills Critics' Negative Reviews Of His New Film 'The Goldfinch' With Kindness

Ansel Elgort isn’t slamming the critics of his new film, The Goldfinch, but instead pointing out very politely that they’re wrong about the movie.

The 25-year-old actor shared his thoughts on his Instagram Story about the negative reviews about The Goldfinch, which also stars Nicole Kidman and Oakes Fegley.

“Critics are usually really great writers and they have to kind of choose a side,” Ansel stated in the video. “They decided that pointing out everything wrong with the film is the best way to write their reviews, their articles. They are all great articles, too. All the bad reviews are well written but there is a lot of good in the film, too.”

He continued, “The film does work and the people who see it enjoy it and are moved by it. The most important person it moved for me was my mother, and she’s not moved by all of my films. She really liked this one, which made me really like it, too.”

“So it’s still in theaters, take your mom,” Ansel added.