‘Top Gun: Maverick’ review: ‘Top Gun 2’ is a gloriously corny nostalgia fest

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1. Washington Examiner

   Review: <i>Top Gun: Maverick</i> ↗ (opens Washington Examiner)

   Published May 23, 2022

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   Thirty-six years after appearing as Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Top Gun, Tom Cruise returns to the skies in Top Gun: Maverick.

2. FOX 29 Philadelphia

   ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ review: ‘Top Gun 2’ is a gloriously corny nostalgia fest ↗ (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

   Published May 25, 2022

   Same headline from 2 more outlets

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   “Top Gun: Maverick” offers a double dose of nostalgia — both for that 1980s original and for the halcyon Americana it evoked in the first place. FOX film critic Caroline Siede reviews the sequel to a Tom Cruise action classic.

3. Forbes

   Can Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Beat The Box Office Odds? ↗ (opens Forbes)

   Published May 25, 2022

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   'Top Gun: Maverick' will have to score far above "normal" for a non-'Mission: Impossible' Tom Cruise flick or even any remotely recent Paramount releases.

4. New York Times

   ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Review: Will This Stuff Still Fly? ↗ (opens New York Times)

   Published May 25, 2022

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   Tom Cruise takes to the air once more in a long-awaited sequel to a much-loved ’80s action blockbuster.

5. The New Yorker

   “Top Gun: Maverick,” Reviewed: Tom Cruise Takes Empty Thrills to New Heights ↗ (opens The New Yorker)

   Published May 25, 2022

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   The new film, less of a sequel than a renovation, infuses the 1986 drama of airborne combat with today’s politics.

6. Newsweek

   For Jay Ellis, 'Top Gun: Maverick' was a full circle moment ↗ (opens Newsweek)

   Published May 26, 2022

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   "It was like a film school, a flight school, a master class, all wrapped into this cockpit," Jay Ellis tells 'Newsweek' about working with Tom Cruise in 'Top Gun: Maverick.'

7. Portland Press Herald

   ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ rocks, with finesse, style and genuine emotion ↗ (opens Portland Press Herald)

   Published May 26, 2022

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   Tom Cruise returns as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, in a sequel that feels familiar and new in just the right proportions.

8. The Atlantic

   'Top Gun: Maverick' Is First-Rate Tom Cruise Propaganda ↗ (opens The Atlantic)

   Published May 26, 2022

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   And it’s just what every cineplex in the country needs.

9. CNN

   Opinion: Who but Tom Cruise's 'Maverick' could unite this deeply fractured country? ↗ (opens CNN)

   Published May 26, 2022

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   "Top Gun: Maverick" pulls off the highly tricky maneuver of bringing back the adrenaline and bravado that made the first "Top Gun" such an indelible 1980s milestone, while excising some of its more toxic elements and updating its worldview, writes Sara Stewart.

10. FOX Business

    Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick' not far off from real deal ↗ (opens FOX Business)

    Published May 26, 2022

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    The Tom Cruise film is based on the Navy's TOPGUN program, which was established in 1969 to teach the fleet's aircrew advanced fighter tactics during Vietnam.

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