This leisurely paced film declares that our lies, sins and foul choices mark us, painting our worlds in dark, disquieting …
The King of Staten Island is funny and authentic and painful and problematic and offensive.
This story of road rage run amok unleashes 90 minutes of senseless, vivid violence.
Once the blood starts to fly, this Russian horror film drowns in its own vat of hemoglobin.
The central premise here is so ghastly that we should be revolted, not entertained.
This film has moments of insight, wit and even beauty. But that goodness can be overwhelmed with all the badness …
The book may well have been a masterful allegory, but the film rendition is far less so.
This is one of those movies that could have portrayed its meaningful message without all the gratuitous content.
I don’t think this is the kind of movie most folks are going to want to loop through repeatedly.
As you’d expect in an R-rated Mel Gibson movie, a hurricane of violence accompanies the action here.
The Outpost isn’t what you’d call a typical war movie. It doesn’t deliver some things you’d normally expect.
Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods can be uplifting and hard to stomach at the same time.
Whatever point this movie wants to make, it’s done in the service of a vapid, crass, violent, profane story.
This movie wallows in excess of every kind, and for no real purpose but to wallow.