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NPR's All Things Considered

NPR's All Things Considered is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer^® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Bob Mondello.

Rating	Title \| Year	Author	Quote
	Madeline's Madeline (2018)	Bob Mondello	Helena Howard makes a heart-stopping professional debut as Madeline caught between Molly Parker's manipulative acting teacher and Miranda July's differently manipulative mom. Posted Aug 17, 2018 Edit critic review
	The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)	Bob Mondello	The director has enough faith in her audience to risk making all of the characters complicated, multifaceted and true-to-life. Posted Aug 08, 2018 Edit critic review
	The Captain (2017)	Bob Mondello	Shooting in black and white, [Schwentke has] created an unnervingly persuasive portrait of deception gone haywire in a world gone mad. Posted Aug 02, 2018 Edit critic review
	Far From the Tree (2017)	Bob Mondello	Enormously affecting. Posted Jul 26, 2018 Edit critic review
	What Will People Say (2017)	Bob Mondello	As the Norwegian snow gives way to sunbaked Pakistani desert on screen, you'll feel a tug between the awful and the artful Posted Jul 19, 2018 Edit critic review
	Eighth Grade (2018)	Bob Mondello	"Eighth Grade" turns out to be an appealingly generous portrait of adolescent awkwardness, also of parental awkwardness, though Josh Hamilton's fumbling dad is a keeper. Posted Jul 19, 2018 Edit critic review
	Incredibles 2 (2018)	Bob Mondello	I exaggerate not a bit when I say that parents will feel just as empowered while watching "Incredibles 2" as any child. Posted Jun 21, 2018 Edit critic review
	The Year of Spectacular Men (2017)	Bob Mondello	For a film that marks both a screenwriting debut and a big screen directing debut, "The Year Of Spectacular Men" makes very few rookie mistakes, and the ones it does are easily outweighed by the snap of the dialogue. Posted Jun 15, 2018 Edit critic review
	Ocean's 8 (2018)	Bob Mondello	Anne Hathaway makes Daphne Kluger's laugh just one of many annoying things about her, which makes taking advantage of her fun in a movie that's not just a gender switch on heist flicks but a nifty takedown of celebrity culture and the fashion world. Posted Jun 14, 2018 Edit critic review
	American Animals (2018)	Bob Mondello	Confusing? Not a bit. Writer/director Bart Layton employs all the tricks in the docufiction playbook...[to] create a uniquely tricky heist flick and he makes sure the audience can keep up. Posted Jun 01, 2018 Edit critic review