Japanese Press Review of Doctor Strange

With the imminent release of Doctor Strange in Japan comes the following review in The Japan Times. Here are some quotes:

Dr. Strange makes no attempt to hide an overly inflated ego and colossal self-regard. Who else to play such a man than Benedict Cumberbatch, whose career has been built on portraying supremely confident egomaniacs of the Western world? Here, Cumberbatch abandons his curly locks and London man-about-town ambience for graying temples and American mannerisms, and though not prone to wisecracking like his fellow Marvelians, he’s thoroughly entertaining. Inevitably he dons the cape and morphs into an action demi-god like everyone else, but there’s a certain unshakeable, ironclad dignity about Cumberbatch that’s missing from Robert Downey Jr. and Co.
Co-written and directed by Scott Derrickson, “Doctor Strange” feels as fresh and hopeful as a pair of running shoes optimistically purchased in December as part of a New Year’s fitness resolution. Sure, by February these could be pushed to the back of the closet, but it’s that first joyous moment of slipping them on that counts. So it is with this movie.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/01/18/films/film-reviews/dr-strange-seeing-not-always-believing/#.WIPy5lzGBf0