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Cult MTL is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Justine Smith.

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3/5
Coda (2019) Justine Smith Coda keeps things simple where and when it counts.
Posted Dec 13, 2023  Edit critic review
Napoleon (2023) Justine Smith Napoleon is fundamentally is about the other history, not necessarily the unwritten one, but the history of sex and innuendos. When reading between the lines of history, what motivates men to behave the way they do?
Posted Nov 20, 2023  Edit critic review
May December (2023) Justine Smith May December works best as a dark comedy, a portrait of the American suburbs hungry for gossip and cobblers but unwilling to grapple with tough conversations.
Posted Nov 20, 2023  Edit critic review
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) Justine Smith Killers of the Flower Moon is a thorny, complex and evocative film from one of our greatest filmmakers.
Posted Oct 11, 2023  Edit critic review
Priscilla (2023) Justine Smith A film hinged on careful observation and subtle manipulations, Priscilla is Sofia Coppola at her best.
Posted Oct 11, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
Blue Beetle (2023) Justine Smith Blue Beetle is a half-baked comedy and an even more pitiful melodrama about the importance of family. It feels aimless, as if it were cut down from under the knees before it started.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
Bottoms (2023) Justine Smith It’s difficult to describe what makes comedy work, but Bottoms works. It captures a specific and wicked tone that stretches the limits of the imagination without ever crossing into it.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
1.5 / 5
Expend4bles (2023) Justine Smith Though running at around 100 minutes, Expend4bles’s plot is paper thin and brimming with stilted conversation.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
Dumb Money (2023) Justine Smith Rather than a feel-good story, Dumb Money’s overenthusiasm in depicting small victories ignores a harsh reality.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
The Creator (2023) Justine Smith By far, though, the film’s greatest asset is its organic and rich visual identity. The Creator immediately enters the narrow pantheon of visually spectacular blockbuster films that are almost worthwhile on their vision alone.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
The Beast (2023) Justine Smith An ode in many ways to the beauty and humanness of irrational action, thought and feeling, The Beast is a sprawling film with challenging ideas that emerges as consistently entertaining and engrossing.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023) Justine Smith Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World showcases Jude’s talent for capturing the “moment.” In a cinematic landscape where the realistic trajectory of a project spans years, he taps into the zeitgeist from a wildly incisive and hilarious pov.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
Dream Scenario (2023) Justine Smith Cage delivers one of his best performances as the fragile Paul Matthews, catapulting the film into a strange but believable world where entitlement drives him into despair and even ruin.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
When Evil Lurks (2023) Justine Smith If Terrified was a film that built tremendous suspense, When Evil Lurks uses gore and shock to force the audience into submission.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
Hell of a Summer (2023) Justine Smith If Hell of a Summer fails, it’s almost exclusively due to a lack of ambition.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
Between Revolutions (2023) Justine Smith Based in part on actual letters and writing from women, Between Revolutions reframes history through a feminine perspective, as it also imagines how age, experience and disappointment shape how we see ourselves and the world around us.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) Justine Smith While it will likely feel like the film is treading familiar emotional beats for older audiences, overall, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person feels fresh and exciting.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
The Taste of Things (2023) Justine Smith "The Taste of Things might not represent a new kind of cinema, but it is a confident outing that defies the expected ebbs and flows of narrative storytelling."
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
La Chimera (2023) Justine Smith The film examines the power of transgression to elicit strong emotions and how all the good things in life hang in the balance of the sacred and the profane — a poetic but accessible film about love, loss and memory.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
Knox Goes Away (2023) Justine Smith Nothing about Knox Goes Away feels considered or well-researched
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
Memory (2023) Justine Smith For a film that seems particularly ripe for Oscar bait, Memory does avoid many pitfalls. That being said, the script, which hinges so much on questions of memory and identity, would be better suited to a more expressionistic and less realistic form.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
Wildcat (2023) Justine Smith Maya Hawke gives one of the best performances of the year as a woman torn; she’s assertive and timid, a believer wracked with doubt, a writer who yearns for solitude and a woman who longs for connection. Hawke captures both her frailty and strength.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Asteroid City (2023) Justine Smith Asteroid City draws on themes and imagery that saw profound hope in a future that never came to be. The melancholy of false dreams similarly weighs heavily on the film.
Posted Aug 11, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
No Hard Feelings (2023) Justine Smith If No Hard Feelings works, though, it’s largely because of the chemistry between Lawrence and Feldman. They make the dialogue fly, and both have a surprising talent for physical comedy
Posted Aug 11, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) Justine Smith Considering the gravitas of Ford’s performance — which channels such profound grief — the disconnectedness between his acting and the rest of the film only serves to underline how the movie fails in reconciling with death.
Posted Aug 11, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Barbie (2023) Justine Smith Barbie is a good time at the movies. The nearly two-hour runtime flies by and is jam-packed with incredible set pieces and endless imagination.
Posted Aug 11, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
Shortcomings (2023) Justine Smith When Shortcomings is good, it’s very good, but a lack of real insight hampers it. Park demonstrates an astute direction of comedy and actors but lacks the touch to drive it home.
Posted Aug 11, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
Blonde (2022) Justine Smith "There’s an overall dismissiveness towards both Monroe and Oates’s complex and infuriating novel that makes the film sit uneasily."
Posted Jul 28, 2023  Edit critic review
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