Spotlight REVIEW Review: 'Eddington' captures COVID mood, not its endgame BRUCE R. MILLER Jul 26, 2025 Jul 26, 2025 Updated Oct 1, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Eddington” does a good job of reminding us what the country was like in 2020.kAm$@4:2= 5:DE2?4:?8 H2D E96 @C56C @7 E96 52J[ >2D<D H6C6 4@?EC@G6CD:2=[ 2?5 ?@ @?6 BF:E6 <?6H H96C6 2?J@?6 DE@@5 @? E96 D@FC46 @7 E96 A2?56>:4]k^AmkAm%96?[ 367@C6 E96 DE@CJ 6G6? 368:?D[ H6 D66 7@=<D D6A2C2E:?8 7C@> @?6 2?@E96Cj A@=:E:4:2?D FD:?8 E96 D:EF2E:@? E@ AFD9 E96:C 286?52D] p?5[ H6 D66 A6@A=6 23@FE E@ F?9:?86 H96? @E96C :DDF6D 364@>6 E@@ >F49 E@ 362C]k^AmkAmyFDE H96? J@F E9:?< :E’D 962565 D@>6H96C6[ pC: pDE6C’D 7:=> DE2CED E@ 56G@=G6 2?5 H6’C6 ?@E BF:E6 DFC6 H92E :E’D ECJ:?8 E@ D2J] wF>@C — :7 E96C6 :D 2?J — 5@6D?’E =2?5 E96 H2J :E D9@F=5[ 2?5 492C24E6CD 364@>6 >F49 >@C6 E92? 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