Reviews

RogerEbert.com — The Curse of Bridge Hollow

The Halloween comedy “The Curse of Bridge Hollow” is like an Adam Sandler movie without Adam Sandler. It could exist in the same cinematic universe as “Hubie Halloween,” set as it is within an idyllic New England town where a variety of supernatural hijinks shatters the sense of security. It’s all very familiar,...

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RogerEbert.com — Senior Year

“Senior Year” features a clever, high-concept comic premise and game performances from Rebel Wilson and Angourie Rice. But too often it feels like a list of early 2000s pop culture references come to life without much new, fresh insight into the perils high school life. My mixed review, at RogerEbert.com....

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Breakfast All Day Podcast 2/25/22

The delightful Dave White (The Wrap, Linoleum Knife) fills in for his husband, Alonso, this week on Breakfast All Day. And while we’ve thrown a truly random cross-section of movies his way, the longtime critic is naturally able to speak about them all insightfully. We review the musical “Cyrano” starring...

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RogerEbert.com — Book of Love

It feels sort of mean trashing “Book of Love,” a bilingual romantic comedy that offers a clever premise but never truly delivers on it in satisfying fashion. Sam Claflin plays an author whose latest novel, “The Sensible Heart,” is a major dud. But the book becomes a huge hit in...

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RogerEbert.com — Ron’s Gone Wrong

“Ron’s Gone Wrong” is an indictment of the invasive, insidious tactics of Big Tech, and of the ways we relinquish a little more of our privacy with every click and view. It’s also a celebration of the positive power of technology, of its ability to connect us with others who share...

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RogerEbert.com — El Planeta

A mother-daughter bond shines through stark black-and-white cinematography and surreal humor in “El Planeta.” The debut feature from writer/director/star Amalia Ulman recalls the scrappy, low-budget look and feel of the movies that marked the indie film explosion of the early ‘90s, but its dialogue and details are unmistakably personal. My review,...

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RogerEbert.com — Afterlife of the Party

Heaven can wait for Victoria Justice in “Afterlife of the Party,” a shrill and derivative Netflix comedy. The former Nickelodeon star brings all the incessant perkiness of her sit-com roots to the role of Cassie, a stunning and self-centered party girl who dies in a freak accident the morning after her...

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RogerEbert.com — Vacation Friends

Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji, John Cena and Meredith Hagner travel to Mexico in “Vacation Friends,” but they never really go anywhere. All four actors are trapped in one-note roles in repetitive scenarios that become increasingly tedious. My 1 1/2-star review of his straining, late-summer raunchfest, at RogerEbert.com Read the...

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RogerEbert.com — Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

By indulging in the exact same instincts it insists are problematic artistically, “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” wants to have its carrot and eat it too. Director Will Gluck’s sequel places its farm characters in outrageous situations while simultaneously sneering at such selling out. The furry, CG-animated creatures are seamlessly integrated into...

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