‘Napoleon’ star Vanessa Kirby on Ridley Scott’s epic biopic 

DUBAI: For the critics who look at a film as a puzzle to solve, Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” is already proving to be a particularly confounding headscratcher. Biopics, after all, are usually the easiest works of all to evaluate. The traditional formula for the genre is simple: find the most easily Googleable historical figures, hire generational talent to shout histrionic monologues that can easily be cut into highlight reels, and — if they shout loudly enough — collect gold come awards season.