Movie Film Reviews

Queer 's minimal plot leaves space for expansive drama. Instead of arcing, the protagonist's flaws unfold. This evokes themes like...

The War of the Rohirrim is competent. Streamlining lore, the narrative maintains a modest scale. Its conflict prioritizes personal...

Kraven the Hunter  is fundamentally flawed. Its dull protagonist has no personality, depth, or growth. This flattens the drama, which...

Flow is more with less. Despite having no dialogue, the characters and plot are conveyed clearly through actions. Its protagonist has a...

Y2K 's messiness squanders its amusing premise. Despite its catchy setting, it leans on predictable formulas. The underdeveloped...

Our Little Secret is driven by contrivances and hollow motivations. The plot is obviously formulaic. Bluntly stating emotions instead of...

Blitz loses intimacy in its lofty themes and winding plot. While the story centers around a mother/son relationship, the characters...

Juror #2  combines intrigue with substance. The high concept produces meaty conversations and consistent developments. Its plot gets...

Combining amplified flaws with softened strengths, Moana 2 is a downgrade. Its faint arc is weakly set up because the protagonist is...

Moana properly executes familiar tropes. It offers an underrepresented community, an absence of needless romance, a proactive...

Wicked is an extravaganza. Its premise is an ingenious recontextualization of an iconic story, injecting relatable drama and appropriate...

Gladiator II is a spectacle with weak substance. Its motivated characters and explicit themes are underdeveloped. The protagonist feels...

Small Things Like These examines how institutionalized injustices harness coerced silence to thrive. Told through a bystander...

Marrying social humor with weighty emotions, A Real Pain is a true dramedy. While its dual protagonists seem like the typical odd-couple...

Blending several genres into one odyssey, Emilia Pérez is ambitious. Some might find it overstuffed, but the story conveys ample...

A transparent product, Red One comes across like it was written by an algorithm. Combining sanitized Christmas tropes with sanitized...

Heretic 's high concept offers intriguing ideas, yet its payoff doesn’t quite fulfill the potential of its setup. Thematically, it...

Don't Move has a high concept, a meaningful arc, and solid themes. However, the drama is often overshadowed by a formulaic plot. Its...

More a storytelling exercise than a realized story, Here is ambitious yet simple. There are grand themes of time, nostalgia, place,...

Anora cultivates dense substance under the surface. Through the perspective of a marginalized protagonist, it critiques classism and...