The 5th Wave
There’s a huge difference between difficult topics and difficult—sometimes gratuitous—content.
Dirty Grandpa
Dirty Grandpa lives down to its name, then plunges so much deeper into verbal and visual refuse that the word dirty starts sounding clean in comparison.
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
13 Hours is a well-made, violent, profane, difficult movie. The fact that it depicts real, important events makes it no less difficult.
The Lady in the Van
Caring is a messy business, the movie tells us, sometimes quite literally. Blessed are those who get their hands dirty.
Ride Along 2
Comedian Kevin Hart’s crude and raunchy motormouth shtick is wearing thin.
The Forest
There are hanging corpses, self-harming delusions and jump scenes aplenty in this pointless pic. Mostly, though, The Forest shambles around mindlessly.
Joy
Joy might be reason for, if not joy, then at least a bit of satisfaction.
The Hateful Eight
But for all its obvious craftsmanship, The Hateful Eight is ruined by its unremitting incivility.
Concussion
This is a message movie, certainly, wearing its cautionary point of view on its toe tag.
Daddy’s Home
It’s got a good—even earnest—heart when it comes to the never ending demands of fatherhood. But moviegoers are forced to sit through a whole lot of crudity to get a glimpse of it.