Movie Film Reviews

Anyone But You is hollow. The story is derivative, contrived, predictable, shallow, frustrating, repetitive, and bland. It has insincere...

The Color Purple (2023) balances tragedy, comedy, triumph, and entertainment. It offers satisfying arcs built around diverse characters....

Ferrari is layered, motivated, and oddly distant. The story is focused, balancing plot, emotions, and themes. There are thoughts on...

The Iron Claw is moving. It examines themes of family, masculinity, abuse, pressure, expectations, grief, suppression, connection,...

A Christmas Story is pure nostalgia. It captures a childhood perspective with wonder, exaggeration, innocence, anticipation, and...

Poor Things is a masterpiece. It has themes of control, sexuality, autonomy, inequality, innocence, humanity, awakening, abuse,...

Rebel Moon is more concerned with franchising than storytelling. Its script is a series of unaltered tropes so blatant that it almost...

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is jittery and disorienting. There's no internal development, growth, or earned drama. Emotional beats are...

Aquaman is too much. There's heavy exposition, corny dialogue, flat characters, tropes, convoluted MacGuffins, superficial motivations,...

Maestro develops character passion, flaws, personality, repression, range, and fears. The thorough acting adds vulnerability, layers,...

In Bruges masterfully weaves entertainment and insight. Its dark humor is personalized and playful, but hints at deeply existential...

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is amusing. Its plot is predictable but executed well. There's innocent humor, appropriate themes, and...

Wonka is delightful. While it may not stay true to any source material, it establishes its own identity. The characters are likable,...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a mess. Its drama is overshadowed by belabored exposition and superfluous digressions. The...

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a genuine family fantasy story. Its structure is clear, feeling both easy to follow and rich with...

Happiest Season commercializes marginalization. There's obvious exposition, contrivances, predictability, broad comedy, unearned arcs,...

Eileen is a homage thriller with modern ideas. It covers themes of abuse, power, identity, isolation, shame, normalization, assumptions,...

Leave the World Behind unfolds its mysterious premise very gradually, allowing for significant tension, developed themes, and earned...

The Boy and the Heron is nostalgic and existential. It covers themes of time, grief, acceptance, mindfulness, legacy, imperfection,...

A heartfelt coming-of-age story and a potent fable, Spirited Away fuses childlike wonder with mature intention. The fantasy elements are...