Himesh Patel in a scene from Danny Boyle’s Yesterday
Yesterday — Review
comedy
Booksmart — Review
Beanie Feldstein (l) and Kaitlyn Dever (r) in a scene from Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart
“Not only funny and confident, the film shows an understanding of its characters personalities and growth in ways that many of its contemporaries in the high school comedy can’t match up to.”
Long Shot — Review
Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron in a scene from Jonathan Levine’s Long Shot
“This is always a uniformly entertaining film, but when it shows that it can reach so much higher than that, it’s hard not to be left wanting when those moments seem so relatively unrepresentative.”
The Sisters Brothers — Review
Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly in a scene from Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers
“Smartly self-reflexive.”
Someone Great — Review
Left to right: DeWanda Wise, Gina Rodriguez, and Brittany Snow in a scene from Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s Someone Great
“We understand the characters’ bonds, we believe in them, and though the film is light in tone and weak in structure, we can track their growth.”
Unicorn Store — Review
Brie Larson in a scene from her film, Unicorn Store
“Unicorn Store’s scattershot storytelling means that it fails to leave a meaningful impact.”
Bodied — Review
Calum Worthy in a scene from Joseph Kahn’s Bodied
“There’s something carefully self-aware about the movie’s excess that keeps it from losing the thread.”
Support the Girls — Review
Haley Lu Richardson (l) and Regina Hall (r) in a scene from Andrew Bujalski’s Support the Girls
“Its success lies in the complexities of its characters, forged through [director Andrew] Bujalski’s talent to let moments and entire scenes come as they will.”
Mom and Dad — Review
Nicolas Cage in a scene from Brian Taylor’s Mom and Dad
“It tries to placate its audience with sporadic violent bursts while struggling to press forward.”
Game Night — Review
Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman in a scene from John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s Game Night
