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Lenika Cruz

Lenika Cruz's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Icarus (2017) 92% EDIT “It's fair, then, to call Icarus a coup for a first-time documentarian, the product of both dumb luck and a strange rapport between Fogel and Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov.” – The Atlantic Aug 10, 2017 Full Review The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) 69% EDIT “Winfrey's humane and riveting performance may make this adaptation worth a watch.” – The Atlantic Apr 24, 2017 Full Review Beware the Slenderman (2016) 85% EDIT “While Beware the Slenderman isn't an easy watch-and will undoubtedly inspire anxiety and panic in some viewers, particularly parents-it's a worthy one that helps make sense of a senseless crime.” – The Atlantic Feb 4, 2017 Full Review Rings (2017) 8% EDIT “The story of Samara Morgan, once potent nightmare fuel, has become less scary with each new iteration, culminating in this new, ridiculous installment directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez.” – The Atlantic Feb 3, 2017 Full Review Hidden Figures (2016) 93% EDIT “Hidden Figures doesn't try to push many artistic boundaries, but it tells its story so well that it doesn't really have to.” – The Atlantic Jan 17, 2017 Full Review Queen of Katwe (2016) 94% EDIT “In some ways, the film's streaks of realism-not fantasy-are what make it such a genuine pleasure to watch.” – The Atlantic Oct 4, 2016 Full Review Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) 65% EDIT “The young peculiars have names, but they don't get much by way of backstory or personality. Despite the movie's insistence that they are special, Miss Peregrine ultimately reduces them to the very thing the world rejected them for: their peculiarities.” – The Atlantic Oct 4, 2016 Full Review Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) 97% EDIT “Kubo offers visceral thrills and visual splendor, but it also champions the importance of kindness, forgiveness, and embracing humanity's many imperfections.” – The Atlantic Aug 22, 2016 Full Review Now You See Me 2 (2016) 34% EDIT “But very little about this hollow sequel to 2013's heist thriller Now You See Me feels mysterious; its biggest set-pieces will make viewers ask not "Whoa, how'd they do that?" but "Wait, huh?"” – The Atlantic Jun 21, 2016 Full Review Green Room (2015) 90% EDIT “Scrape off the scum, and you'll find Green Room full of visual artistry, dark humor, smart writing, and glints of humanity.” – The Atlantic May 5, 2016 Full Review The Babadook (2014) 98% EDIT “The film has a solid grasp on the mutable, but ever-present pain of loss.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review Unbroken (2014) 53% EDIT “Unbroken falls short of the epic war drama and sweeping testament-to-the-human-spirit it strives to be.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review Project Almanac (2015) 38% EDIT “The genre dramatizes the identity formation that goes on during the digital technology-glutted adolescent years, which are filled with screens and captured images, whether from smartphones, cameras, vlogging, or pictures on social media.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review The Lazarus Effect (2015) 13% EDIT “Given the low-budget film's bottle-episode feel, horror fans could've gotten extra mileage out of a disorienting and original psychological treatment.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review It Follows (2014) 95% EDIT “It Follows represents a compelling evolution in how studios and audiences can (and should) conceive of its monsters.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) 29% EDIT “In all, Insurgent may work as a deafening, frivolous diversion for viewers who can ignore the flimsiness of its universe, plot, and characters.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review Aloha (2015) 20% EDIT “The whole story is a tangled mess. Aloha sees itself as a quirky, funny, and sad, but loudly announces when it's trying to be those things.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) 56% EDIT “As middling, somewhat serviceable horror fare, it delivers its own share of jump scares, but whatever visceral effect it might have had wears off the instant the credits begin to roll.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review The Gallows (2015) 15% EDIT “The lazy way The Gallows bundles its tropes together suggests that its creators' ambitions went no higher than simply getting a horror film made.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review Goodnight Mommy (2014) 85% EDIT “Beneath it all is the nagging and heartbreaking feeling that these boys have lost their protector. That vulnerability-combined with their isolation, their confusion-can be harder to stomach than some of the more graphic scenes.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review The Look of Silence (2014) 96% EDIT “Every scene weighs on the audience. But Oppenheimer and Adi manage to locate a lightness as well that lessens the burden.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review Goosebumps (2015) 78% EDIT “The film doesn't try hard to make the case that Hannah's as "real" as anyone else despite being from a book, though it easily could have. That's Goosebumps's implicit premise when it comes to the monsters, after all.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review The Forest (2016) 10% EDIT “With no compelling characters, scares, or plot points to redeem The Forest, the best option for those ​curious about Aokigahara is probably to watch a 20-minute 2005 VICE documentary about it.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review Mustang (2015) 97% EDIT “Ergven isn't peddling blind optimism so much as a realism animated by the belief that freedom-far from being inevitable-must be fought for. That it will be fought for.” – The Atlantic Jan 21, 2016 Full Review
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