Movie reviews of Jeffrey Rex Bertelsen

Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods is a great must-watch film about the African-American war experience and postwar trauma that feels incredibly timely. Review

Cory Finley’s Bad Education is very entertaining, darkly funny, and it features a fantastic performance from Hugh Jackman. Review

Ole Christian Madsen’s Krudttønden: The Day We Died is an unfocused and superficial multi-narrative drama with thinly written characters and unconvincing dialogue. Review

Gerwig controls the effect of her film so impressively, and her structural confidence is exceptional. Review

The Gentlemen is a very entertaining film, in large part due to its extraordinary performances from Hugh Grant and Colin Farrell. Review

Michael Showalter’s The Lovebirds would not have worked if it were not for the comedic rapport shared by Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, who are both very fun to watch here. Review

Tyler Spindel’s The Wrong Missy suffers from unfunny — and sometimes very inappropriate — jokes and a terribly predictable plot. However, Lauren Lapkus’ unrestrained and wild performance is sometimes entertaining. Review

The Half of It is a solid coming-of-age romantic-comedy, but I wish it stuck the landing. Review

A riveting and affecting Danish drama... Review

Although the film suffers from a bland, predictable, and somewhat problematic script, the film works due to the first-time director’s ability to showcase hectic and electrifying action sequences. Review

Greg Barker’s Sergio is a warm but sad film about a beloved diplomat and the woman he loved at the very end, but the political career is not as gripping as it definitely should be. Review

Coffee & Kareem is an action-comedy buddy film failure. Review

Tigertail is an ambitious and promising but somewhat incomplete directorial feature film debut, and, frustratingly, with some fine-tuning this could’ve been a truly memorable debut. Review

Martin Scorsese’s After Hours is an overlooked and clearly influential genre-bending gem from the legendary director’s exceptional filmography that feels like a mixture of a hellish episode of The Twilight Zone and cringe comedy. Review

An effective science-fiction horror film with something on its mind. Review

It feels frustratingly unfulfilled because of the narrow scope of the film, but not because the mystery at the center of the film is unsolved. Review

Spenser Confidential is a Boston-set action-comedy buddy film on auto-pilot. Review

Whannell’s The Invisible Man is a truly outstanding psychological thriller... Review

For better or worse, Road to Roma is as much a celebration of Roma as it is a celebration of the auteur who made the film what it is. Review

An inconsequential but mostly pleasant continuation of Netflix’s hit teen romantic comedy... Review

It is a funny but crude continuation of the hit cringe comedy series that I think is significantly better than the previous entry — Klovn Forever — to some extent precisely because it doesn’t foolishly try to reinvent the concept of the tried and true series. Review

Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey is, from top to bottom, head and shoulders above David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Though I think this spin-off film does suffer from a serious structural problem, Birds of Prey is still, on the whole, a very entertaining film about female empowerment. Review

Josh and Benny Safdie’s Uncut Gems is a nail-biting stunner. It is a truly overwhelming and, at times, exhausting film that nevertheless completely hooks you. Adam Sandler is exceptional as an infuriating character whose waking nightmare is every bit as grueling as it is mesmerizing. Review

Though Troop Zero is charming, and even though the film does feature notable actors who possess the skill to liven up even the hackneyed or blandest scenes, it ultimately did not leave a strong impression on me. It is a little bit ironic that Troop Zero is essentially a very ordinary and unmemorable film about embracing what makes you special. Review