THE SALESMAN (2016)
"This may be the highest rating I have ever given to a film that made me question whether I liked it or not. "Read More
WITHOUT FILM, SOMETHING SLEEPS INSIDE US AND SELDOM AWAKENS. THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN.
"This may be the highest rating I have ever given to a film that made me question whether I liked it or not. "Read More
"...it was an appreciable beauty that left me somewhat apathetic in the end."Read More
"I did not hate it, I just didn’t feel a whole lot while watching or after, in the story, character, or technical realms."Read More
"it felt algorithmic when it should have felt human"Read More
"Felt a lot like an episode of one of the series, both to its benefit and its detriment."Read More
"I wanted to like it, but felt my enjoyment was squelched, by their excesses and scarcities"Read More
"I believe they wanted Jaws/Open Water meets 127 Hours, but the film veers into Jaws 3/4 or even Deep Blue Sea territory"Read More
It's all food puns, crude shtick, and unrelenting, shall we say, "racial/cultural insensitivity".Read More
"There is a bloody stump of likability to this flawed and vacant fashion model of a flick, but she is lifeless and limp."Read More
Safe, boring, tired, this film brought nothing but the mediocre "seen this before"Read More
"It excels as a coming of age musical romp that provides the tunes and the tenderness, while not taking itself too seriously."Read More
"The Rock says 'Know your role, shut your mouth, and enjoy his estranged husband/father helicopter pilot save his gorgeous family and the day in earthquake-land extravaganza'!"Read More
"The gags were boorish, the foul mouthed japes smile-worthy at best, and the plot dismissible"Read More
"constant shallow focus keeping us in each moment, with no escape, just like the prisoners"Read More
"By far the cutest movie of the year."Read More
"I think the thing that is driving the love for this film and its overwhelming success is it's "old warm blanket" feel"Read More
"Best procedural in a long while"Read More
"We are back to what I, and many, thought brought the franchise into ruin."Read More
"Antiseptic and methodological until it grows into emotion naturally with the characters. Somehow, that felt engaging of my mind but rebuffing to my emotions. A good and strong film, accomplishing its goals thoroughly, but I feel that my qualms might be with the aims and structure."Read More
"brutal action juxtaposing the desolate serenity of the desert"Read More