Movie reviews of Don Shanahan

Savvy styling is employed to tell this sordid biographical tale with deceptive flow and salacious wit.

Features tenderly audacious performances from the three main men.

The film could fill volumes of studies with its fascinating ruminations on a great many themes of all layers of meticulousness on display.

One will fail to find a genuine performance of dedicated clarity.

Chef de cuisine Ridley Scott employed his trusted and talented detail of sous chefs to mastermind this sharply effective thriller.

Effective, but not affecting or truly demanding for a director, ensemble, and creative team of this caliber.

Something nonconformist and wholly compelling in quite possibly the richest and most expressive entry of the storied franchise.

Builds its mounting prospects of calamity and clashes of dissension with polish and gumption...

This film will cause a turn-off point for some or a lightning rod of fascination for others.

McDonagh’s writing prowess elevates a premise that would fall flat as pure farce in other hands with a sharp edge for the honesty of consequences.

Smith has an impressive hidden gem on his hands and bigger audiences deserve to tackle this forceful drama first-hand.

The respect and presence Denzel commands is unparalleled.

A visual feast with its heart in the right place.

Gets everything right, from its timely messages and polished tone to its honest and affirming compassion.

Comes across like attempted course correction done on that Etch A Sketch.

Feldstein, Hedges, Rush, and Chalamet offer exciting fresh-faced performances with a wealth of nuances in each.

Does know to shut up when it needs to after laughing when it wanted to.

The sublime polish and volume of empathy amid this film’s themes is utterly magnetic.

For every time she is funny on purpose, she is funny by accident twice as often, in a brilliant balance of dark comedy.

A highly satisfying blast with much to love above the silliness of it all.

Titillating ideas should titillate. Resonating themes should resonate. Neither occurs and madness takes over.

Nothing short of a beautiful revelation and one of the year's finest films.

Too much of that talent is wasted on asinine serendipity, aimless chattiness, and a social commentary that misses nearly every mark...

Frighteningly topical and entirely conceivable no matter the workplace...