film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
Ejiofor and Hathaway are game, but they’re grasping for something solid, and don’t find it. A deeply unsatisfying novelty artifact of the pandemic that fails to create a necessary sense of transgression.
Ben Stiller is having another midlife crisis, and only his sincere, heartfelt performance saves this pile of unchecked white male privilege from self-parody. But only just.
A tad dated and scattershot, but the messy package is inventively absurd… and unlike many Hollywood comedies, able to carry that absurdity to a silly end.
This stinging GenX midlife meltdown is a bit strained in its plot, but that’s balanced out by lots of melancholy wisdom and bittersweet wit.
A cheery, airy fairy tale filled with a very modern ache and buoyed by an infectious joy. I love this movie.
Shhh! don’t tell anywhere where you heard all this…
I like the looks of this. So elegant and evocative.
This is sheer manic animated anarchy, endlessly frenzied and funny; tickles and surprises both visually and intellectually…
It seems to me like an overreaction on Fox’s part…
This week on We Bought a Zoo: It’s hilarious chaos all around for the Mee family as mopey teen Dylan accidentally leaves a delivery crate of snakes open…
