Movie Film Reviews

Together has personality. Its premise is a catchy metaphor for its substantial drama. Struggles like codependency, anxiety, and...

Happy Gilmore 2 's plot meanders through a predictable formula with superficial gestures at themes. Its crude humor turns substantive...

Fantastic Four (2015) is butchered. Solely broad strokes, its writing is missing the details that make a story worth telling. It's all...

The Fantastic Four: First Steps establishes motivations, dynamic relationships, and relatable flaws. Its external conflict becomes...

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is paper thin. Its plot combines a generic romcom outline with a generic superhero outline....

I Know What You Did Last Summer is muddled. For such a simple concept, its plot is convoluted. There's a gaping lack of emotional...

Pushing into absurdity, Eddington is dark satire. Some might find it unduly centrist, lacking insight, or bloated, yet it's clearly...

Meta, The Prestige uses layered storytelling to examine layered storytelling itself. Driven by mystery, the plot is an escalating...

Often sidelining intriguing drama for dense plot, Superman is slightly overambitious. Dialogue is blunted by heavy exposition. Arcs are...

While cliche or thin by today's standards, Superman (1978) remains a template for modern blockbusters. Via flat characters with vague...

Jurassic World Rebirth is disinterested in its story. Though objectives are clear, the narrative is stale. This is worsened by missing...

M3GAN 2.0 is inconsistent. It's overstuffed with convoluted plot points that distract emotional investment, confuse pacing, and increase...

Predator: Killer of Killers uses the franchise's high concept as a backdrop for an anthology of short stories, which develop minimal but...

F1: The Movie delivers strong spectacle with weak storytelling. While individual sequences have tension, its broader script is formulaic...

Elio is competent. Its premise is a metaphor for the grieving protagonist's arc. The characters are relatable while its plot increases...

28 Years Later is purposeful aggression. Its linear plot follows the arcing motivations of its protagonist, yielding themes like...

Materialists repurposes rom-com tropes to examine self-worth. Shunning romanticism, it considers themes of cynicism in modern love....

Enlivening a coming-of-age plot with dreamlike symbolism, The Life of Chuck seizes the day. This approach deepens its existential themes...

How to Train Your Dragon is competent plagiarism. In isolation, it's driven by the protagonist's relationships: an endearing friendship,...

Although The Phoenician Scheme may be lesser Wes Anderson, it's still exquisite filmmaking. Its convoluted plot muddles the story's...