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eFilmCritic.com is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Andrew Howe, Brian Mckay, Brian Orndorf, Collin Souter, Dan Lybarger, David Cornelius, Eric D. Snider, Erik Childress, Eugene Novikov, Greg Muskewitz, Kevin Thomas, Loey Lockerby, Oz, Peter Sobczynski, Rob Gonsalves, Scott Weinberg, Uri Lessing
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
1/5
Rifkin's Festival (2022)

Peter Sobczynski

It has a dated and oddly generic quality to it that makes it feel like a screenplay that Allen wrote many decades ago, stuck in a drawer and decided to finally dust it off without doing anything to give it even a vaguely contemporary feel.
Posted Jan 27, 2022
2
Redeeming Love (2022)

Peter Sobczynski

A truly godawful work that tries to combine a sordid soap opera centered around numerous acts of physical, emotional and sexual abuse visited upon a young woman in Gold Rush-era California and a weird slab of Godsploitation.
Posted Jan 26, 2022
3
New York Ninja (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

I did have fun watching its absurdities for a while, but even at a relatively modest 93 minutes, I did find it beginning to run out of steam well before the conclusion. That said, New York Ninja still sort of works.
Posted Jan 26, 2022
4
The King's Daughter (2022)

Peter Sobczynski

You don't need to be a film expert to recognize that this is a film that evidently stumbled badly at some point and never quite managed to regain its footing. The end result, to put it charitably, is a mess that never quite works.
Posted Jan 26, 2022
5
Speak No Evil (2022)

Erik Childress

You have the building blocks of a Jenga tower that may just fall to become the biggest and best political allegory of the year. This is an unnerving piece of work.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
6
Riotsville, USA (2022)

Erik Childress

Aside from the B&W footage and olden commercials, the people would fit right in with the current political climate.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
7
Nothing Compares (2022)

Erik Childress

This is a noteworthy document that fans and naysayers should take a look at and by the end when you discover why her most well-known song is left out of the movie you may be ripping up the picture of a certain artist who shall not be named.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
8
La Guerra Civil (2022)

Peter Sobczynski

This is a very entertaining sports film with engaging subjects that takes us back not too long ago into what feels like a bygone era for a sport that, if not gone itself, feels like an afterthought.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
9
Emergency (2022)

Erik Childress

Williams walks a tightrope here in going for laughs but in no way shies away from the issue especially in the final scenes. The laughs here are big, the performances are solid.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
10
Dual (2022)

Erik Childress

This is a very funny film that left me awaiting whatever Stearns has up his sleeve next.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
11
Happening (2021)

Erik Childress

Given many of the disturbing setbacks on abortion rights, education and treatment throughout the country, Audrey Diwan's Happening is another stark reminder of the dangers of leaving women hung out to dry when the decision is upon them.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
12
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

The Tragedy of Macbeth is ultimately worth seeing in the end, though I suspect that, unlike the majority of [Joel Coen's] oeuvre, it is not one that many people will find it necessary to revisit too often in the future.
Posted Jan 18, 2022
13
Shattered (2022)

Peter Sobczynski

Shattered is little more than an exercise in cinematic detumescence that is unlikely to arouse interest -- or much of anything else for that matter.
Posted Jan 18, 2022
14
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

Hotel Transylvania: Transformia is a mostly pointless waste of time that is notable only for perhaps being the only time that I have ever finished watching a movie and thought to myself "This could have used some more Adam Sandler."
Posted Jan 18, 2022
15
Borrego (2022)

Peter Sobczynski

Borrego is a film that clearly yearns to be taken seriously but never comes close to earning it.
Posted Jan 18, 2022
16
1/4
The 355 (2022)

Erik Childress

Eight minutes in and it was hard to believe this was even going into theaters. Two hours later it was an instant candidate for one of the laziest thrillers to be released throughout 2022.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
17
2/4
The Tender Bar (2021)

Erik Childress

Despite a good role for Ben Affleck, this belongs in the biopic category of "is this story interesting to anyone but the author?"
Posted Jan 14, 2022
18
3.5/4
A Hero (2022)

Erik Childress

Asghar Farhadi is an observer of behavior that asks us to be careful on how to judge people who are often more complex than each individual action. Amir Jadidi carries the weight of his collapsing decisions all in his face and it is mesmerizing.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
19
2/4
See For Me (2022)

Erik Childress

A clever attempt to update Wait Until Dark is undermined by uninspired suspense sequences and an unpleasant lead character that we might sooner play the bad connection card on than care to help.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
20
5/5
Nightmare Alley (2021)

Rob Gonsalves

A shapely piece of entertainment that may cheer you up. Grim as it often is, it's been put together with such obvious love and devotion that its energy carries us through Gresham's moralistic tale.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
21
4/5
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Rob Gonsalves

The morality of it all seems weightless. But, boy, is it something to look at.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
22
3/5
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

Rob Gonsalves

There's a whole bunch of plot jibber-jabber in The Matrix Resurrections, as there was in the previous three films in the series, but at least this one is a bit more emotionally readable.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
23
1/5
The 355 (2022)

Peter Sobczynski

Unless someone plans on putting out a documentary featuring the slow and methodical burning of the missing reels of The Magnificent Ambersons, I cannot easily imagine a greater and more pointless squandering than this.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
24
Celebration (2019)

Peter Sobczynski

For casual observers, the film may ultimately prove to be a little too chilly and reserved for their tastes, but for those with a vested interest in the subject, "Celebration" should prove to be a cause for one.
Posted Dec 28, 2021
25
5/5
Licorice Pizza (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

Beautifully constructed, filled with great performances across the board and driven by a killer collection of period tunes, there is not a single boring or predictable moment to be had during its running time.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
26
2/5
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

A disappointing film that has a few interesting ideas here and there but drowns them in a lot of narrative clutter, half-baked intellectual musings and surprisingly half-baked action beats.
Posted Dec 21, 2021
27
Red Rocket (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

There are plenty of reasons why the film works, but the key element to the success of Red Rocket is the performance by Simon Rex as Mike.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
28
2/5
Nightmare Alley (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

The lavish production values cannot quite disguise the fact that this adaptation, for all of its other virtues, lacks the sense of sleazy desperation that the original had in abundance and that absence pretty much renders the rest of the enterprise moot.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
29
4/5
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

A pretty entertaining piece of pop cinema that even those who have no particular interest in superhero films -- and I fall into that category -- can still embrace.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
30
5/5
The Card Counter (2021)

Rob Gonsalves

[Paul Schrader] no longer seems to be denying himself the contentments of filmmaking; he has developed a tidy, rigorous focus. Isaac obliges Schrader with a smoldering, implosive performance rich in stillness and watchfulness.
Posted Dec 15, 2021
31
The Hating Game (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

You can probably fill in the blanks from there and probably in a more interesting manner than director Peter Hutchings and screenwriter Christina Mengert are able to muster.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
32
France (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

The results move back and forth from comedy to serious drama but they never quite gel into a satisfying whole and at 133 minutes, watching it become a bit of a chore after a while.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
33
Drive My Car (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

Watching this film provided me with three of the most spellbinding hours that I spent watching movies this year.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
34
3/5
House of Gucci (2021)

Rob Gonsalves

The actors emote and erupt within the vast echo-chamber real estate of the very rich. They seem alone in their efforts -- nobody behind the camera seems to be shaping or even enjoying their performances.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
35
1/5
Don't Look Up (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

Don't Look Up may not be the worst film of 2021, but in terms of the sheer waste of time, talent and other resources that have been assembled, I cannot readily think of anything else that comes close to this one.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
36
4/5
West Side Story (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

Through the skillful filmmaking and high-energy performances, it transforms what might have been a museum piece into a living and breathing work that should appeal even to audiences who have never seen it before in any format.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
37
2/5
Being the Ricardos (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

The film is an overlong and largely pointless exercise with largely joyless performances that has no real idea of what it wants to say or how to say it.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
38
4/5
Benedetta (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

Benedetta is captivating and scandalously entertaining throughout and the only thing keeping me from considering it to be top-tier Verhoeven is that it slightly begins to lose its dramatic grip during the extraordinarily over-the-top finale.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
39
Wolf (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

Those who don't have a problem with watching something that is defiantly off the beaten cinematic path may find it as fascinating as I did.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
40
Encounter (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

If the rest of Encounter had been as bold and focused as [Riz Ahmed's] performance, it might have made for the gripping psychological drama that it wants to be instead of the muddled misfire that it is.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
41
3/5
Belfast (2021)

Rob Gonsalves

In his own films since 1989, Branagh has chased that intoxicating mix of awe and engagement, and has sometimes caught it. But he doesn't do it here.
Posted Dec 2, 2021
42
3/4
8-Bit Christmas (2021)

Erik Childress

While it may take time for it to achieve the clear Christmas Story-like status it aims for, this is still a warm, often very funny film that avoids the usual slapstick shananigans of materialistic adventures.
Posted Dec 1, 2021
43
2/4
House of Gucci (2021)

Erik Childress

Ridley Scott is not exactly adept at finding humor as anyone who has seen A Good Year can attest. But it is also unsure what anyone saw in this project other than doing the accents.
Posted Dec 1, 2021
44
4/5
King Richard (2021)

Rob Gonsalves

All the familiar beats are there, the advances and seeming setbacks, leading up to the big game with the whole universe hanging on it, and ... well, you've seen sports films before. But maybe you haven't seen Richard before.
Posted Nov 28, 2021
45
4/5
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)

Rob Gonsalves

Unstuck in Time is a sympathetic, often fond portrait of a man who knew pain and seemed to consider it humanity's common denominator, our shared cross to bear.
Posted Nov 23, 2021
46
2/5
House of Gucci (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

Leto takes Paolo to such ludicrously cartoonish extremes that it is almost dumbfounding that you have to wonder what he and Scott were thinking when they settled on this approach.
Posted Nov 23, 2021
47
Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

The more measured pace does not exactly jibe with the idiocy on the screen... and the rampant jingoism on display is still as jaw-dropping as ever.
Posted Nov 22, 2021
48
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

Face it, the film is dumb as can be and as much as I like Hudgens, whatever whimsy there was to be had in the sight of watching her stiffly playing scenes against herself has long been exhausted by this point.
Posted Nov 22, 2021
49
The Power of the Dog (2021)

Peter Sobczynski

Cumberbatch turns in the performance of his career as Phil, a creature of greed and spite so pronounced that he makes Daniel Plainview seem cuddly by comparison.
Posted Nov 22, 2021
50
Out of the Blue (1981)

Peter Sobczynski

The result is probably the best of Hopper's directorial efforts -- it is certainly the most dramatically consistent of the bunch.
Posted Nov 22, 2021