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Chris Wasser

Chris Wasser's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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H Is for Hawk (2025) 77% 3/5 EDIT “There is a sense of strain throughout this respectable, warm-hearted film from director Philippa ­Lowthorpe and co-writer Emma ­Donoghue. A ­responsibility, perhaps, to honour the ­nature side of Helen’s tale, and the real human drama. ” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Jan 22, 2026 Full Review The History of Sound (2025) 70% 3/5 EDIT “Give [Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor] the spotlight, and a tale worthy of it, and The History of Sound reaches dizzying heights. Keep them apart and this film loses its sheen and its colour. ” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% 3.5/5 EDIT “It shouldn’t work, but there isn’t another actor in the world who could take such a sappy and implausible premise and turn it into something genuinely uplifting.” – Irish Independent Jan 15, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 93% 2/5 EDIT “Instead, screenwriter Garland and DaCosta (hired to direct a zombie film with very few zombies) prioritise this icky Jimmy nonsense. It’s an unfortunate misstep, nasty and mean-spirited, and there isn’t much O’Connell can do to help.” – Irish Independent Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Giant (2025) 61% 2/5 EDIT “...Giant is too broad, too cartoonish, and talks too much without ever really finding its voice.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Jan 8, 2026 Full Review The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) 81% 3/5 EDIT “If there is such a thing as a bad SpongeBob film, I haven’t seen it. Always a laugh, even on an off-day, the barmy, square-bottomed sea sponge continues to charm, and this vibrant cartoon adventure – directed by Derek Drymon – is as wacky as you’d expect.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% EDIT “lt makes for a woozy, disorientating experience, the kind you won't be in a rush to repeat. Trashy, joyless codswallop.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 3/5 EDIT “Diligent and dapper, Blanc flew too close to the sun in Glass ­Onion, the second chapter of Rian Johnson’s beloved Knives Out saga. The third, Wake Up Dead Man, is a tidier film, with bigger stakes and fewer gimmicks.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Oh. What. Fun. (2025) 35% 2/5 EDIT “Director Michael Showalter assembles a fine cast, but Oh. What. Fun. is cluttered and unoriginal, a pointless Frankenstein’s monster of a film that “borrows” shamelessly from one too many winter classics. Watch. Something. Else.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 75% 3/5 EDIT “True, Baumbach and his co-writer Emily Mortimer are pulling their punches. Their film is cuddly and sentimental where it should be wicked and snappy. ” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 4, 2025 Full Review Eternity (2025) 77% 4/5 EDIT “Romantic and inventive, the world of Eternity comes with so many wonderful sight gags, a second viewing might be necessary.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% 3/5 EDIT “It’s a big story – too big for this team, perhaps – and Christy doesn’t always connect the way it should. But the boxing stuff is terrific and that’s where our lead performer shines. ” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Pillion (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Adapted from a novel, Box Hill, by Adam Mars-Jones, Pillion asks us to invest in a union that isn’t always sunshine and roses for one of its participants. But there is a tenderness here, and Lighton’s film is amusing and intense; provocative and profound.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% 5/5 EDIT “...this is Robert’s tale, and Bentley and his magnificent leading man craft an elegant, intimate portrait of a life decorated by immense beauty and unimaginable heartache. ” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Nov 19, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% 2/5 EDIT “Chu’s misshapen sequel encounters an unfortunate narrative conundrum: how to tell its own story when a better one is playing out in the background. It can’t be done. ” – Irish Independent Nov 18, 2025 Full Review Christmas Karma (2025) 24% 2/5 EDIT “The Scrooge stuff is fine, and Christmas Karma works best when exploring Mr Sood’s Indian heritage. It’s the hokey, cluttered musical that gets in the way – and I think Nayyar is a tad too young to portray the cantankerous lead.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Nov 12, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 62% 3/5 EDIT “It’s when matters are simpler, when a desperate father puts his life on the line to save a sick family, that The Running Man aces its assignment. Explain too much – add too many clumsy satirical twists to the tale – and the foundations begin to buckle.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Nov 12, 2025 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% 3.5/5 EDIT “True, The Choral doesn’t always hit the right note, but Fiennes is good company, and Bennett’s tale provides its fair share of comforts. Ideal viewing for a rainy Sunday afternoon.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% 2.5/5 EDIT “...Die My Love gets the best out of Lawrence, who looks to have mastered the erratic, punk-rock rhythm of Ramsay’s storytelling. Everyone else is playing catch-up, including the viewer. Showy and structureless.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% 3/5 EDIT “Horrifying and heartbreaking, Elordi’s mournful creature is quite unlike any other in the Shelley cinematic vault. Del Toro is lucky to have him around.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Kenny Dalglish (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Academy Award-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (Amy, ­Senna) manages this extraordinarily moving documentary which successfully captures the spirit, generosity and talent of a proper footballing hero.” – Irish Independent Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% 3.5/5 EDIT “It’s an admirable adaptation that sometimes goes out of its way to avoid the usual cliches and pitfalls of the typical big-screen rock flick. But it also wants to be one.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man (2025) 3/5 EDIT “Consider it more of a cosy hagiography than a thorough critical study: it works as a broad history lesson of the Northern Ireland conflict; less so, as a portrait of the man behind the politics.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Oct 17, 2025 Full Review Roofman (2025) 87% 4/5 EDIT “It’s a daft tale, but a good one, and Cianfrance tells it beautifully.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Oct 16, 2025 Full Review Ballad of a Small Player (2025) 48% 3/5 EDIT “Even when Berger’s film stumbles, you never tire of watching Castleknock’s finest trying to make it better. This is his gift, and Farrell is as good here as he’s ever been.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Oct 15, 2025 Full Review
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