Skip to content
  • weekly digest email
  • join my Patreon
  • join my Substack
  • my books
  • about/contact
  • twitter
  • rotten tomatoes
  • letterboxd
  • goodreads
  • pinterest
  • rss
FlickFilosopher.com

film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022

  • on Netflix
  • movies for the resistance
  • classic film virgin
  • directed by women
    • Where Are the Women? project
  • cinemas
    • US and Canada
    • UK and Ireland
  • dvd/vod
    • US and Canada
    • UK and Ireland
  • 2022’s films ranked
    • 2021’s films ranked
    • 2020’s films ranked
    • 2019’s films ranked
  • all recent posts
    • archives by month
  • all reviews
    • A–M
    • N–Z
    • Oscars Best Pix
    • Oscars Best Animated Pix
  • new comments

Jason Bateman

Game Night movie review: triumph of the nerds

Tue, Feb 27, 2018
21 comments

Absolutely hilarious, full of smart snarksters, comedic suspense, and gleeful smashing of action-movie clichés. Part screwball comedy, part romantic adventure, all pure movie-movie joy.

| 21 Comments

highlights from #Oscars2017

Mon, Feb 27, 2017
no comments yet

Collected from my new @flickfilosopher Twitter feed…

| Leave a comment

Sing movie review: hey, kids, let’s put on a show!

Mon, Dec 19, 2016
4 comments

Smart, sweet, gently funny, with a wonderfully exuberant voice performance by Matthew McConaughey that hints at fresh new realms animated movies can reach.

| 4 Comments

Office Christmas Party movie review: messtivities

Tue, Dec 13, 2016
3 comments

Hangover lite, with even more tepid notions of what constitutes debauchery, plus a true dedication to strained contrivance.

| 3 Comments

The Family Fang movie review: family bites

Tue, May 10, 2016
3 comments

Strikingly original, a truly rare pleasure in a cinematic environment clogged with cookie-cutter films. Jason Bateman and Nicole Kidman are splendid.

| 3 Comments

Zootropolis (aka Zootopia) movie review: creature feature

Thu, Mar 24, 2016
25 comments

Marvelous. A bouncy comedy mystery adventure parable in a fantasy world meticulously and cleverly conceived and gorgeously realized. I adore this movie.

| 25 Comments

spoiler alert: about the ending of The Gift

Wed, Aug 12, 2015
122 comments

The Gift takes the disgusting trope of hurting a woman to make a man feel something to a vile new low… one that reveals its ignorance about women.

| 122 Comments

The Gift movie review: give it back unopened

Mon, Aug 03, 2015
193 comments

Descends into emotional idiocy and insufficient intrigue to end in a disgusting place that presumes that a woman is an appropriate pawn in games men play.

| 193 Comments

A Lego Brickumentary documentary review: brick by brick

Fri, Jul 31, 2015
no comments yet

It does sort of feel like one of those rah-rah corporate promo videos they make you watch on the day you start a new job, but there are some surprises here.

| Leave a comment

Pump documentary review: it’s a gas

Mon, Jan 26, 2015
1 comment

You will be shocked, I am sure, to discover that Big Oil has put its profits before all else (including you).

| 1 Comment
Post navigation
Older posts
Page1 Page2 Page3 Next →

sf/f/h flash fiction by me

Cultural Artifacts cover
now on Kindle Unlimited!

try KU for free:
US Amazon
Can Amazon
UK Amazon

please help keep truly independent film criticism alive!
support my work at Patreon  support my work at Substack
Pledge your support now at Patreon or Substack.
Free weekly digest email at Substack.

shop to support




Watch on Apple TV

PayPalMe
PayPal me...
FlickFilosopher.com does not accept ads, guest posts, link placements, or sponsored content.

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

member
Online Film Critics Society


member
Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Tomatometer-approved critic on
Rotten Tomatoes



top critic
Movie Review Query Engine

Amazon US author page
Amazon UK author page


executive member
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
Copyright © 1997–2022 MaryAnn Johanson. All rights reserved.
No content appearing on this site may be reproduced, reposted, or reused in any manner without express written permission.
privacy policy | hosted by Fused