Kermode & Mayo's Film Review
Kermode & Mayo's Film Review is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this
publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following
Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
Clarisse Loughrey, Mark Kermode
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
It's surprising, with so much going for it, how the film never felt like it inhabited the spirit of its material. You look at it, rather than watch it...
Posted Nov 17, 2020
2
Billie (2020)
An interesting film...as a portrait of Holliday, it is very thorough and there's so much great music in it...
Posted Nov 17, 2020
3
An absolute mess, but a fun mess...a fully-stuffed movie, but not a turkey.
Posted Nov 17, 2020
4
Looted (2019)
An impressive first feature from someone worth watching.
Posted Nov 11, 2020
5
A Christmas Gift from Bob (2020)
It's hard not to smile at a film that says it's a good thing to care for other creatures...my film critic faculties went out the wall, because yeah, I agree with that.
Posted Nov 11, 2020
6
Not a classic, but I'm invested in the series anyway...the narrative is eloquently done.
Posted Nov 11, 2020
7
Dreamland (2020)
All over the place, but in a kind of interesting way...
Posted Nov 11, 2020
8
Pixie (2020)
9
The Secret Garden (2020)
It's not great but it's not bad. A perfectly-workable adaptation...hard to get this completely wrong...
Posted Oct 30, 2020
10
Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
It has a particular political punch...Not as funny as it should have been, but there are some very good moments in it.
Posted Oct 30, 2020
11
The Climb (2020)
It lost my sympathy...it is well-made, but I simply lost patience for it.
Posted Oct 30, 2020
12
Honest Thief (2020)
Taken has run its course...the next time you get this script, Liam, just say no...
Posted Oct 30, 2020
13
Relic (2020)
A brilliant feature debut.
Posted Oct 30, 2020
14
Mogul Mowgli (2020)
It doesn't explain things for you, but tells its story in a way you can absolutely keep up. Impressive with a real urgency to it...
Posted Oct 30, 2020
15
The Witches (2020)
It's good fun...and it has the strength of its convictions.
Posted Oct 30, 2020
16
Shirley (2020)
I'd rather see something aim high and fall than just play it straight...with a great and weird and haunting soundtrack and a fantastic performance...
Posted Oct 30, 2020
17
Wolfwalkers (2020)
Cinema that can be life-affirming...funny, smart and a big warm hug of a movie...
Posted Oct 30, 2020
18
Landline (2017)
Just NO to this kind of thing. Amateurish movies are one thing, but you start putting A-list people in...
Posted Oct 19, 2020
19
I Am Woman (2020)
It's hard to forgive the level of clunky, chubby cliches that populates every single scene...
Posted Oct 19, 2020
20
I Am Greta (2020)
Not overly-insightful...but I do think the bravery and conviction involved [make it worth watching]...
Posted Oct 19, 2020
21
Rebecca (2020)
22
The Other Lamb (2020)
Very well done. It has a very sinister, impressive atmosphere with these little flashes of surreal horror...
Posted Oct 19, 2020
23
Body of Water (2020)
There's a strange lyricism to its cinematography, the way the camera tells the story as much as the dialogue does...
Posted Oct 19, 2020
24
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Carmilla (2020)
I liked it...it stuck, in an earthy way...
Posted Oct 19, 2020
25
Becky (2020)
It has a certain retro throwback pleasure for anyone still longing for the days of VHS...squishy gore effects, a nostalgic charm...
Posted Oct 8, 2020
26
Monsoon (2020)
You take in its atmosphere...I found it very effective, if you give it time and succumb to its rhythms...
Posted Oct 8, 2020
27
Rebuilding Paradise (2020)
It's very emotional...watching people going back and rebuilding their community...it's a tale of human endurance.
Posted Oct 8, 2020
28
Eternal Beauty (2019)
29
The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
It's really really entertaining, but tells a story that rings true. It doesn't look like any other films in cinema right now, and it's really worth seeing...
Posted Oct 8, 2020
30
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
31
On The Rocks (2020)
It's a comedy with screw-ball caper sides to it, but it's also a film about fathers and daughters and generational gaps.
Posted Oct 8, 2020
32
Yes, God, Yes (2020)
I was really impressed with this. A small, slight film that gets absolutely to the heart of strangeness...
Posted Aug 25, 2020
33
Random Acts of Violence (2020)
It's as if the film can't find the ending it is looking for...I was really with this, and then suddenly I was not.
Posted Aug 25, 2020
34
Chemical Hearts (2020)
The writers are overly-cautious...good intentions that don't pay off...not good storytelling and not engaging cinema, though an ethically-sound film...
Posted Aug 25, 2020
35
Ride Like a Girl (2019)
Absolutely terrific...a triumphant film...
Posted Aug 19, 2020
36
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
Flawed, but it is a film with a singular vision on screen...I went in deeply suspicious of it, but the moments that work are impressive enough...
Posted Aug 19, 2020
37
On the Record (2020)
It is told with conviction and rigorous honesty...
Posted Aug 19, 2020
38
The Way Back (2020)
39
Greyhound (2020)
40
Love Sarah (2020)
A skin-itchingly uncomfortable dynamic at the heart of it...
Posted Aug 18, 2020
41
The Old Guard (2020)
The action scenes are well-choreographed, but there's no sense of spectacle and none of the takeaway you'd expect from a film like this...
Posted Aug 18, 2020
42
Scoob! (2020)
There's a mannequin-like energy to the humans...
Posted Aug 18, 2020
43
Come As You Are (2020)
44
Black Water: Abyss (2020)
Pretty flimsy...
Posted Aug 18, 2020
45
Ghosts of War (2020)
...definitely a film that is tailor-made for watching at home, on a Friday night when your critical faculties have slightly failed you...
Posted Aug 18, 2020
46
Alice (2019)
Good performances with moments in it, particularly with that strong first act...
Posted Aug 18, 2020
47
Stage Mother (2020)
If you didn't see the end coming, you just weren't watching...there's nothing to spoil, save for a couple of funny gags...it could have been a lot more adventurous, and it isn't...
Posted Aug 11, 2020
48
Make Up (2020)
A real texture to it...with horror inflections to it...I spent quite a lot of it just not knowing where it was going...
Posted Aug 11, 2020
49
The Vigil (2019)
An interesting little movie that makes the most of genuinely small resources and still has an air of dread about it...
Posted Aug 11, 2020
50
Unhinged (2020)
A snappy, enjoyable ride...
Posted Aug 11, 2020