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Baltimore Magazine is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Max Weiss.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3/5
The Plague (2025) Max Weiss I admired The Plague but I confess that after a while it got repetitive, having run out of things to say. Still, it’s a slick and nasty piece of work—and I mean that in the best possible way.
Posted Jan 02, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Secret Agent (2025) Max Weiss The Secret Agent is a feast of sorts, overstuffed and beautiful, funny and sad.
Posted Dec 22, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Hamnet (2025) Max Weiss The film’s final scenes, the ones that take us out of the awe and fury of nature and depict the premiere of Hamlet that Agnes reluctantly attends with her brother, Bartholomew (Joe Alwyn), are its best—stirring and literary and meaningful.
Posted Dec 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
One Battle After Another (2025) Max Weiss It’s impossible to overstate how much fun this thing is, with twists and welcome detours along the way.
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Into the Wonderwoods (2024) Philipp Engel This is an animated film primarily aimed at children. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Baltimorons (2025) Max Weiss An underdog romance for an underdog city. Baltimoreans (or Baltimorons, if you prefer) will fall in love with it.
Posted Sep 04, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (2025) Max Weiss It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, is a moving, if somewhat standard documentary featuring archival interviews with Buckley himself, lots of captivating footage of Buckley singing and recording, and a good number of intimate photos and recordings.
Posted Aug 11, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Eddington (2025) Max Weiss He wants us to feel uncomfortable (he succeeds) and he wants us to reflect on the craziness that we collectively experienced. I buy into the “tragedy plus time equals comedy” formula.
Posted Jul 21, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
The Life of Chuck (2024) Max Weiss Although its unusual structure and smidge of Stephen King weirdness (it’s based on one of his novellas) saves it from being a complete washout.
Posted Jun 23, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Materialists (2025) Max Weiss Despite good acting across the board, I never bought it.
Posted Jun 16, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) Max Weiss I was thoroughly entertained and left a bit cold.
Posted Jun 04, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
On Swift Horses (2024) Max Weiss The film is too obsessed with surfaces to be particularly deep, but Daisy Edgar-Jones is especially good as a woman longing for something just out of her grasp and Will Poulter is a heartbreaking everyman.
Posted Apr 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Friend (2024) Max Weiss It’s an example of my favorite genre—Manhattan intellectuals in life and love, dressed in lots of wool blends and tweed.
Posted Apr 04, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Assessment (2024) Max Weiss A provocative and sometimes squirm-inducingly funny sci-fi that gives its three leads lots of juicy material to chew on, with Vikander, in particular, turning her Virginia into a compellingly inscrutable, but not entirely unsympathetic, antagonist.
Posted Mar 24, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Mickey 17 (2025) Max Weiss I feel like it has the makings of a cult classic—a dystopian space comedy/adventure with shades of Terry Gilliam.
Posted Mar 14, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
The Brutalist (2024) Max Weiss A deeply personal story told on a grand scale.
Posted Jan 29, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Babygirl (2024) Max Weiss The funny thing about Babygirl is that, despite its taboo subject, it’s actually a very sweet film.
Posted Jan 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
A Complete Unknown (2024) Max Weiss The film’s biggest thrill is watching the formation of an uncompromising artist and getting a little taste of what it must’ve been like to wander into Gerde’s Folk City on a random night and see a young man in a snap cap who was about to change the world.
Posted Dec 20, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Wicked (2024) Max Weiss Directed and performed with flair and obvious affection for the source material, Wicked is a wickedly good time at the movies.
Posted Nov 25, 2024  Edit critic review
4/4
Conclave (2024) Max Weiss All the acting is top notch, but Ralph Fiennes is nothing short of masterful as Lawrence, a good man caught in the maelstrom of these red-robed men and their outsized ambition, all while grieving the pope and suffering his own crisis of faith.
Posted Oct 28, 2024  Edit critic review
2/4
We Live in Time (2024) Max Weiss It’s muddled and half-baked, even though the two actors give it their all and, yes, do convince us they’re an actual couple.
Posted Oct 22, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Will & Harper (2024) Max Weiss It broadens one’s understanding of the world and the humans who populate it. And it makes everyone feel good.
Posted Oct 07, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Between the Temples (2024) Max Weiss Between the Temples is often funny, sometimes uncomfortable to watch, and, despite its flaws, quite moving.
Posted Sep 03, 2024  Edit critic review
It Ends With Us (2024) Max Weiss I appreciate the fact that this is ultimately a film—and book—about ending the cycle of violence.
Posted Aug 12, 2024  Edit critic review
Trap (2024) Max Weiss That first hour is tight—tense, funny, scary. Edge of your seat stuff. And Hartnett is great here.
Posted Aug 04, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Sorry/Not Sorry (2023) Max Weiss It’s about how men like Louis get away with this kind of behavior—about how difficult it is for victims to respond “correctly” in the moment of the abuse and how unrewarding, if not ruinous, it is to come forward in their aftermath.
Posted Jul 16, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Thelma (2024) Max Weiss On top of the delightful performances by its entire cast and those winking action sequences, Thelma is genuinely one of the funniest films I’ve seen in a while.
Posted Jun 21, 2024  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Bikeriders (2023) Max Weiss This film is a boy’s club in every sense of the phrase.
Posted Jun 20, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Brats (2024) Max Weiss It’s cat nip to Gen Xers like me who grew up enamored of the Brat Pack.
Posted Jun 14, 2024  Edit critic review
Hit Man (2023) Max Weiss It’s a delightful film, nearly perfect on its own terms, and it’s an important one, too—it made me a Glen Powell believer.
Posted Jun 11, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
I Saw the TV Glow (2024) Max Weiss Schoenbrun understands that, yes, we can be mesmerized, even zombified by these glowing images, but she’s not here to condemn television. She’s here to pay tribute.
Posted Jun 08, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Idea of You (2024) Max Weiss The Idea of You is directed with breezy affection and confidence by the always reliable Michael Showalter . No, it doesn’t have the snappy cleverness of Notting Hill -- what does? -- but it should appeal to folks craving an intelligent and sexy romcom.
Posted May 09, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Challengers (2024) Max Weiss Guadagnino films the tennis scenes like they’re boxing matches -- often in slo-mo, with extreme close-ups of flying sweat, straining biceps, and leaping legs... I’ve never seen tennis filmed more beautifully or effectively.
Posted Apr 26, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Dune: Part Two (2024) Max Weiss I was a fan of first Dune in this series, although I logged similar complaints about its self-seriousness. This one is a little better; the action is just as thrilling but the characters are given more depth.
Posted Mar 01, 2024  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Drive-Away Dolls (2024) Max Weiss Drive Away Dolls is fun and silly, a perfectly diverting way to spend 90 minutes -- and the three lead actresses are a blast to watch. That said, I couldn’t help but feel like this was ersatz Coen Brothers.
Posted Feb 29, 2024  Edit critic review
4/4
The Taste of Things (2023) Max Weiss The Taste of Things is not just a sensual experience for the characters, but for the viewer as well. And it goes beyond the food.
Posted Feb 21, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
The Greatest Night in Pop (2024) Max Weiss The Greatest Night in Pop is one of those wonderfully wish fulfilling, “man I wish I could’ve been a fly on the wall during that recording”-type documentaries.
Posted Feb 02, 2024  Edit critic review
4/4
All of Us Strangers (2023) Max Weiss [All of Us Strangers] is exquisitely acted by its four leads, especially Scott.
Posted Jan 18, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/4
American Fiction (2023) Max Weiss [American Fiction] feels thrillingly fresh and new.
Posted Jan 11, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Poor Things (2023) Max Weiss All in all, Poor Things is a fun, occasionally bewitching diversion, with a pair of truly remarkable lead performances. I just wish it had gone further. Watching it, I felt a bit like Bella -- intrigued, amused, but ready move onto my next adventure.
Posted Dec 28, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Maestro (2023) Max Weiss Maestro is not a complete portrait of Bernstein -- how could it be? The man lived an uncommonly full and rich life. But it is a beautifully mounted, exquisitely acted film that draws us into Bernstein’s world through this intriguing love story.
Posted Dec 13, 2023  Edit critic review
Diner (1982) Max Weiss I think it’s time to forgive Diner for being a product of its time and embrace it as the coming-of-age masterpiece it truly is.
Posted Dec 08, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
May December (2023) Max Weiss All the acting here is extraordinary, but there’s a reason why Charles Melton has been picking some early awards hardware for his role as Joe.
Posted Dec 06, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Nyad (2023) Max Weiss Mostly it’s a film about female friendship, about a friend who will love you at your best and your worst—and who will truly bask in your triumphs.
Posted Nov 27, 2023  Edit critic review
2/4
Saltburn (2023) Max Weiss A character who acts without context or motivation is not compelling to me. Saltburn tries to shock us, again and again—instead, it ends up being a bit of an empty suit.
Posted Nov 27, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Holdovers (2023) Max Weiss Wry, funny (with some zingers that will stay with you long after the film is over), and closely observed, The Holdovers is my kind of Christmas film.
Posted Nov 10, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Priscilla (2023) Max Weiss Again and again, [Coppola 's] films proclaim: There is so much more to this woman than meets the eye. Do not be distracted by the shiny baubles -- something far more interesting happening here.
Posted Nov 09, 2023  Edit critic review
4/4
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) Max Weiss Yes, the film is three and a half hours. What’s so impressive about it is how Scorsese manages to inject urgency into even small moments.
Posted Oct 25, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Passages (2023) Max Weiss Passages is one of the best love triangle movies I’ve ever seen, primarily because it is about the fluid nature of not just sexuality but desire. And as Tomas, Rogowski gives an electrifying, star-making performance.
Posted Sep 01, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Wham! (2023) Max Weiss I used to think of Andrew Ridgeley, one half of the pop duo Wham!, as this lucky guy who had hitched his cart to George Michael. Turns out, the real story is far more interesting.
Posted Jul 27, 2023  Edit critic review
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