Too funny to dismiss while also being too spotty to endorse beyond the mildest of mild enthusiasm.
Read MoreCongrats — you now have the answer if you’ve ever wondered “What if ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ totally sucked?”
Read MoreIsn’t a fun genre mash-up so much as a chance to give half the effort and require twice the suspension of disbelief.
Read MoreVery much like “Frances Ha” or “Bridesmaids” with all the laughs and personality and wisdom taken out.
Read MoreA pretty decent twist can’t rescue a narrative that ultimately just features a terrible couple being horrible parents.
Read MoreMore seductive than smart, “Black Bag” is a classy diversion about how every relationship finds a certain rhythm, and the bizarre ability for a word like “traitor” to apply in wildly different contexts.
Read MoreI don’t often describe something as a good yarn, but “The Last Stop in Yuma County” is one.
Read MorePummels suspension of disbelief into something murky and tiresome until the lingering effect is only exhaustion.
Read MoreThe kind of hopeful movie I want to believe in.
Read MoreRecommended only for people who think “American Beauty” has aged great, or stream nothing but Prime and are too lazy to scroll two inches down from new releases.
Read MoreSyrupy can have its comforting appeal, but “Goodrich” is less like what you put on pancakes and more like what you drain out of a fruit cup.
Read MoreA stirring depiction of a predator who doesn’t want to play fair and his target who will fight back in any way possible.
Read MoreYes, it’s better than “The Shape of Water,” as most movies and some headaches are.
Read MoreA nice diversion, and then on with your day.
Read MoreHinges so remarkably on the impossible alchemy of each essential piece of a band that carves the groove, chugs through it, floors it off the tracks, and leaves smoke and rainbows in the dust.
Read MoreTreats proximity like destiny and strands excellent actors in a movie that’s — pun only sorta intended — below them.
Read MoreJumbles its chronology as misdirection from its hollowness.
Read MoreThe cinematic equivalent of settling for someone you don’t want.
Read MoreFun and challenging, rewatchable and impactful, accessible and specific. Love it, think about it, struggle with it, appreciate it.
Read MoreThere’s drama and sadness in the subject matter, of course, but that’s not a free pass to manipulate and bore. At worst, that’s offensive; at best, it’s precious time poorly spent.
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