Movie reviews of Hope Madden

These are all the movies and series that Hope has reviewed. Read more at: Maddwolf.

Number of movie reviews: 913 / 913

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Sehar Bhojani steals every scene as the cynical Shruti, but the jeans are the real stars here. Kephart finds endlessly entertaining ways to sic them on unsuspecting wearers. Review

6.0

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2021-03-17

2021

Come True leaves you feeling massively let down, which is truly unfortunate after so much investment in a world this well built. Review

6.0

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2021-03-11

2021

There is a perfectly middle-of-the-road romantic dramedy here somewhere. You may enjoy it, assuming you can get past the tangle of convenient plot twists and you don’t wince at the device of an autistic character teaching the real lessons. Review

5.0

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2021-03-11

2021

It’s a powerful look at generational, religious and cultural fractures. It’s a beautifully written and executed reworking of an all-time classic. Review

8.0

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2021-03-09

2021

They’re weird. They’re delightfully unpredictable. They’d grow tiresome, but they’re all so short. Review

6.0

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2021-03-05

2021

Son

Son does boast solid performances, and the filmmaker once again flexes his strong instincts for unsettling locations and atmospheres. The writing, pacing, and imagery all work together as they should to generate anxiety and dread. Son gets gory now and again, too. Review

5.0

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2021-03-03

2021

It’s an often fascinating deconstruction of a particular subgenre of horror, an approach that usually benefits from the verité style. But too much of the loose narrative feels like filler. We watch Katie buckle her seat belt no fewer than five times. Review

6.0

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2021-03-02

2021

The story, by Brigsby Bear writer Kevin Costello, is over-stuffed and under-enjoyable. He mistakes idiocy for lunacy, busy for kinetic. A lot happens, none of it interesting, none of it funny, all of it surrounded by a bombastic soundtrack. Review

3.0

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2021-02-26

2021

Cherry clocks in at a hefty 2:20 and it feels for all the world like the Russos and their writers simply didn’t know how or where to cut Walker’s story down. The movie lacks focus. Review

6.0

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2021-02-25

2021

It’s a solid effort, one that reframes a story you’re used to in a way that gives it more depth and emotional power. Review

7.0

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2021-02-24

2021

A trimmer runtime might have helped the film leave more of a mark. Instead, Wrong Turn is a decent if unremarkable backwoods thriller. Review

6.0

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2021-02-23

2021

It’s a solid if flawed poem, an ode to the apex predator. Review

6.0

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2021-02-23

2021

Choir Girl asks ugly questions and gets ugly as it looks for answers. At times, the story feels dependent on too many contrivances. Review

6.0

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2021-02-21

2021

McDormand is perhaps the only perennial Oscar contender who could fit so seamlessly in this tapestry. Without an ounce of vanity or artifice, her performance allows this film to be one of resilience and promise. Given that Normadland is, in fact, the story of a penniless Sixtysomething widow who lives in a van, that is in itself a minor miracle. But that’s the film—a minor miracle. Review

9.0

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2021-02-17

2021

Watching Shook, you’ll find solid filmmaking followed by two acts of uninspired, sometimes idiotic, sometimes enjoyable horror. Review

5.0

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2021-02-17

2021

The World to Come measures suffering—particularly that done quietly and expectedly by women—against what pleasures can be stolen in this world. Review

8.0

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2021-02-11

2021

The film never feels like a biopic. The rendering is far more crime thriller, and had this been a simple fictional account of a mole in a political organization, King’s film would have been riveting. Performances alone would have elevated the genre beats. Review

9.0

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2021-02-10

2021

Instead, Guigui treats every scene as if no other scene has taken place. It doesn’t help that all of this tension non-building is in service of Knox’s character arc. Review

3.0

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2021-02-09

2021

Her film treads the earth between mental illness and religious fervor, but its sights are on the horror of the broken hearted and lonesome. Review

8.0

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2021-02-09

2021

Minari offers a close look—optimistic, but not sentimental—at the American Dream. If you feel like that’s been done to death, that just means you haven’t seen this movie yet. Review

8.0

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2021-02-09

2021

Graham’s film possesses an artistry that can’t be denied, and it succeeds more than it fails. Review

6.0

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2021-02-08

2021

Nothing ties together, and by the final scene’s reveal you feel like you’re watching the cliffhanger for an episodic series that you probably won’t commit to. Review

5.0

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2021-02-04

2021

It’s a laudable goal. The problem may just be that Mary Shelley said it so much better. Review

5.0

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2021-02-02

2021

But Ascher digs much deeper, drawing images of a culture and personality type compelled by these ideas, and the hard potential consequences of a Matrix in the hands of someone less noble than Neo. Review

8.0

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2021-02-02

2021

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