Movie reviews of Hope Madden

A pretty film and a nice story, but never finds the depth to break your heart.

Fanning’s listless performance casts an awfully prim shadow. She’s surrounded by perfectly reasonable if somewhat anemic turns by her supporting cast.

The conflict, duality and self-discovery in Beast cannot help but draw you in, asking you about your own inner beast.

Whannell freshens up the technophobe dystopian narrative with a few fresh ideas, a silly streak and serious violence.

Binoche’s generous performance as the self-sabotaging Isabelle embraces the insecurities, optimism and neediness that color the character’s quest.

It pretends a lot of things, sometimes very colorfully and often entertainingly, but without a raucous atonal tune to push it forward...

Because of the way Zhao plays with light, uses music, and fills the screen with the desolate beauty of the American plains, the film qualifies as a sleepy epic.

Is very funny, often quite clever, and sometimes wrong-minded in the best way.

The terror here is far less paranormal than existential, and clever clues combine with crisp writing to create a full picture that’s more satisfying than it should probably be.

Between Fargeat’s wild aesthetic, four very solid performances, and thoughtful yet visceral storytelling, the film feels break-neck, terrifying and entirely satisfying.

Too bad McTeigue has no idea how to exploit any of the tenser elements Engle gives him...

The film isn’t awful, but it isn’t good. Mainly, there is just nothing new to see here.

Perhaps most damaging is the utter absence of chemistry between the leads, making every inch toward romance feel unnatural and, honestly, almost creepy.

Their looping timelines provide fertile ground for clever turns that fans of the filmmakers will find delightful, but the uninitiated will appreciate as well.

The film isn’t terrible, it’s just tedious...

The film is not terrible.

Schumer does what she can with this superficial, blandly rote script.

Performances are bland, kills lack inspiration, there aren’t even enough of the prerequisite jump scares...

At its heart lies a sweet sentiment about family, but sentiment does not get in the way of scares.

A touching, flawlessly crafted animated dream. That probably should have been set in America.

The performances are hammy fun but certainly not revelatory.

Soderbergh relies on familiar tropes to say something relevant and in doing so creates a tidy, satisfying thriller.

A visually stunning gut punch.

It’s lovely—sometimes funny, often sad, genuinely nutty and forever charming.