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Becca James

Becca James's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Harvest (2024) 74% EDIT “Harvest is a sprawling, atmospheric film.” – Chicago Reader Aug 11, 2025 Full Review Cuckoo (2024) 79% EDIT “Cuckoo is far from perfect, but Hunter Schafer’s acting and a satisfying twist make it worth a watch.” – Chicago Reader Aug 16, 2024 Full Review Hanky Panky (2023) 90% EDIT “Hanky Panky is a delightfully unserious horror movie crammed with comedy.” – Chicago Reader Apr 20, 2024 Full Review All of Us Strangers (2023) 96% EDIT “Driven by such tender and thoughtful performances, All of Us Strangers is a healing, heartbreaking, and haunting look at the human condition that will stay with viewers long after they’ve left the theater.” – Chicago Reader Jan 13, 2024 Full Review Chasing Chasing Amy (2023) 94% EDIT “Chasing Chasing Amy is an immersive exercise in growth.” – Chicago Reader Sep 22, 2023 Full Review Judy Blume Forever (2023) 95% EDIT “Stirring, essential, and sincere, Judy Blume Forever is just as enjoyable as Blume’s oeuvre has always been and will always be.” – Chicago Reader Apr 28, 2023 Full Review Sound of Silence (2023) 63% EDIT “Sound of Silence plays like a radio. Sometimes it’s smooth, and sometimes there’s static; regardless, you’ll want to tune in.” – Chicago Reader Mar 11, 2023 Full Review Women Talking (2022) 90% EDIT “Women Talking asks if you’ll listen. There is, of course, an argument to be made that Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Miriam Toews’s critically acclaimed novel is meant to be more seen than heard.” – Chicago Reader Dec 23, 2022 Full Review "Sr." (2022) 97% EDIT “Sr. is capable of softening even the hardest of hearts.” – Chicago Reader Dec 3, 2022 Full Review Aftersun (2022) 96% EDIT “Thanks to Wells’s evident confidence, this story, constructed slowly and focused on small moments, is more mesmerizing than most...” – Chicago Reader Nov 11, 2022 Full Review Funny Pages (2022) 82% EDIT “... More authentic and more absurd than anything to come before it. ” – Chicago Reader Sep 2, 2022 Full Review Anaïs in Love (2021) 90% EDIT “Anaïs in Love is as magnetic as its protagonist.” – Chicago Reader May 14, 2022 Full Review You Won't Be Alone (2022) 93% EDIT “The scary story uses succinct dialogue, a serene setting, and a striking score to create a poetic take on life, death, and the in-between.” – Chicago Reader Apr 9, 2022 Full Review Below the Fold (2021) 100% EDIT “Twists and turns abound, and while they're as expected as the rest of the beats in Below the Fold, they're also engaging enough to entertain.” – Chicago Reader Jan 28, 2022 Full Review The Scary of Sixty-First (2021) 54% EDIT “All of this takes place in what Nekrasova has likened to Eyes Wide Shut New York, and it is, in fact, as alluring as its influences, pulling viewers into a film that teeters between absurdly funny and absurdly frightening.” – Chicago Reader Jan 22, 2022 Full Review The 355 (2022) 24% EDIT “This simplistic approach, which forces an evil/ethical binary, paired with a ham-fisted dialogue, flattens the film and makes the lulls between fight scenes feel more like retribution than respite.” – Chicago Reader Jan 15, 2022 Full Review Don't Look Up (2021) 56% EDIT “The Adam McKay film stays true to the writer-director's signature style. It's star-studded, and the edits often wink at the audience, but it's not so fun being in on the joke this time around.” – Chicago Reader Dec 23, 2021 Full Review The Novice (2021) 92% EDIT “Lauren Hadaway's The Novice is a powerful look at compulsion.” – Chicago Reader Dec 18, 2021 Full Review Death of a Telemarketer (2020) 27% EDIT “It feels like a phone call that could have been a text.” – Chicago Reader Dec 4, 2021 Full Review Clerk (2021) 82% EDIT “It proves time and again that Smith's career is one worth considering, celebrating, and continuing to follow.” – Chicago Reader Dec 4, 2021 Full Review House of Gucci (2021) 61% EDIT “The rest, however, is left struggling to find its footing as it oscillates between soap opera and prestige drama.” – Chicago Reader Dec 4, 2021 Full Review Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021) 91% EDIT “A cutting critique of the moral panic surrounding sex that asks why more pressing political issues don't receive the same attention, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn shares a strong point of view capable of captivating viewers.” – Chicago Reader Nov 24, 2021 Full Review Spencer (2021) 83% EDIT “Spencer allows viewers to become the support system Diana so sorely lacked at the time...” – Chicago Reader Nov 6, 2021 Full Review Halloween Kills (2021) 38% EDIT “Halloween Kills fails to resurrect the franchise.” – Chicago Reader Oct 30, 2021 Full Review Last Night in Soho (2021) 75% EDIT “It's all glamour and giggles until it isn't. About halfway through the movie, its music-video vibes are traded in for a tangled thriller, and Eloise's envy evolves into empathy when Sandy's true suffering is revealed.” – Chicago Reader Oct 29, 2021 Full Review
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