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MaraMovies.com is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Mara Reinstein.

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2.5/4
Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Mara Reinstein In a lavish, star-studded murder mystery, the big takeaway shouldn't be Kenneth Branagh's facial hair.
Posted Nov 08, 2017  Edit critic review
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) Mara Reinstein The narrative builds in admirably inventive and surprising ways. You'll have to see it twice just to appreciate it.
Posted Nov 07, 2017  Edit critic review
Lady Bird (2017) Mara Reinstein Lady Bird is an angsty coming-of-age tale set in 2002 that feels remarkably and delightfully fresh.
Posted Oct 30, 2017  Edit critic review
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Mara Reinstein Thor 1.0 grumbled as he saved the world; new Thor 2.0 makes small talk with a skeleton to pass the time. The latter works better.
Posted Oct 25, 2017  Edit critic review
The Square (2017) Mara Reinstein The sharply observed, wryly funny work for addresses difficult questions about race and class that most people usually just whisper about.
Posted Oct 20, 2017  Edit critic review
Wonderstruck (2017) Mara Reinstein It's a beautifully crafted story about love and acceptance and the powers of child-like curiosity.
Posted Oct 20, 2017  Edit critic review
The Florida Project (2017) Mara Reinstein Director Sean Baker's sun-drenched, pastel-colored drama has a vibrant energy even amid the most heartbreaking moments
Posted Oct 20, 2017  Edit critic review
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Mara Reinstein The off-kilter thriller was such an excruciating slow burn that I kept checking my watch, counting down the moments until the credits so the tension would subside.
Posted Oct 20, 2017  Edit critic review
Breathe (2017) Mara Reinstein For his directorial debut, Andy Serkis eschews sleek motion-capture technology to focus on an old-fashioned (albeit safe) love story.
Posted Oct 20, 2017  Edit critic review
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017) Mara Reinstein This comedy of neurotic manners is so achingly, universally relatable that is feels like a documentary.
Posted Oct 13, 2017  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Marshall (2017) Mara Reinstein Walk away from the straightforward legal drama and you will learn this towering, influential titular figure . . . was a smooth lawyer in 1940.
Posted Oct 11, 2017  Edit critic review
The Mountain Between Us (2017) Mara Reinstein It works as diverting entertainment. In fact, is it wrong to conclude it's the ideal movie to watch on an airplane?
Posted Oct 05, 2017  Edit critic review
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Mara Reinstein In terms of a sequel besting the original, Blade Runner 2049 is not a unicorn. But it is a breathtaking, non-comformist achievement.
Posted Oct 02, 2017  Edit critic review
American Made (2017) Mara Reinstein The ever-in-control Tom Cruise veers wildly off course in a lively, brash and ridiculously entertaining biopic. I hope I had you at "wildly."
Posted Sep 26, 2017  Edit critic review
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) Mara Reinstein You know an action movie doesn't work when the visual highlight is Elton John sitting at a piano dressed like an overstuffed turkey.
Posted Sep 19, 2017  Edit critic review
mother! (2017) Mara Reinstein It's a true mind-melting wowza that rivets from the first seemingly innocent moment to the last dagger into the bleeding heart. (That's a metaphor. Maybe.)
Posted Sep 11, 2017  Edit critic review
Molly's Game (2017) Mara Reinstein Jessica Chastain tears into the rich material with the ferociousness of a starving wolf.
Posted Sep 09, 2017  Edit critic review
Suburbicon (2017) Mara Reinstein Just because a period movie screams "still so socially and politically relevant!" doesn't make it a riveting must-see.
Posted Sep 09, 2017  Edit critic review
It (2017) Mara Reinstein It's a riveting coming-of-age yarn that centers on the horrors of being an adolescent. Irrational fears are shining bright. But loyal friends that stand by you can make all that the misery more tolerable.
Posted Sep 06, 2017  Edit critic review
Home Again (2017) Mara Reinstein Thinly drawn characters drift through a preposterous story in a Nancy Meyers production. Plus, the kitchen isn't even all that!
Posted Sep 05, 2017  Edit critic review
Battle of the Sexes (2017) Mara Reinstein Billy Jean King wins. Not just the 1973 Battle of the Sexes tennis match against Bobby Riggs, but the hugely entertaining and inspiring movie of the same name. It's all aces.
Posted Sep 05, 2017  Edit critic review
Logan Lucky (2017) Mara Reinstein Four years after his self-imposed retirement, maverick director Steven Soderbergh takes the easy way out. Or, rather, back in.
Posted Aug 14, 2017  Edit critic review
Ingrid Goes West (2017) Mara Reinstein This brutally sharp satire that skewers celebrity in the social media age cuts deep.
Posted Aug 10, 2017  Edit critic review
Good Time (2017) Mara Reinstein In an electrifying performance, Robert Pattinson finally shows that he has range beyond that of a brooding, sleepy-eyed vampire.
Posted Aug 08, 2017  Edit critic review
The Glass Castle (2017) Mara Reinstein Instead of a triumphant tale about perseverance, we get a glossed-over love letter to the joys of quirky hippie-dippy parenting.
Posted Aug 07, 2017  Edit critic review
The Dark Tower (2017) Mara Reinstein Between his GQ appearance and drawling psychobabble, Matthew McConaughey plays the villain as if he's filming an extended version of a Lincoln commercial.
Posted Aug 03, 2017  Edit critic review
Wind River (2017) Mara Reinstein How nice to see Avengers Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen working together and acting heroically without all those wonderful toys.
Posted Aug 01, 2017  Edit critic review
The Emoji Movie (2017) Mara Reinstein Excuse me while I scan my phone for the vomit emoji.
Posted Jul 27, 2017  Edit critic review
Detroit (2017) Mara Reinstein The scenes are powerful; the characters are powerless. The result is a sense of utter claustrophobia and dread.
Posted Jul 27, 2017  Edit critic review
Girls Trip (2017) Mara Reinstein A potent mix of crass, sass, and (whoa) class.
Posted Jul 19, 2017  Edit critic review
Dunkirk (2017) Mara Reinstein The rush of cold open water leaves you shivering. A nosediving fighter plane causes you to gasp for air. An explosion makes you want to duck for cover. All that and . . . Harry Styles?!
Posted Jul 17, 2017  Edit critic review
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) Mara Reinstein The trilogy's intense yet introspective last chapter is engulfed in a heart of darkness.
Posted Jul 10, 2017  Edit critic review
The House (2017) Mara Reinstein This is the reason why people rave about the golden age of television.
Posted Jun 30, 2017  Edit critic review
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Mara Reinstein It's a near-miracle that six screenwriters were able to pool their talents and craft such a winsome, witty story.
Posted Jun 29, 2017  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Despicable Me 3 (2017) Mara Reinstein Explain again why this madcap franchise is a cultural phenomenon worth a zillion dollars?
Posted Jun 28, 2017  Edit critic review
The Beguiled (2017) Mara Reinstein To quote the title of Roxy Music's New Wave hit that Coppola brilliantly employed in Lost in Translation, I expected more than this. More darkness. More suspense. More oomph.
Posted Jun 22, 2017  Edit critic review
The Big Sick (2017) Mara Reinstein It's a winning and genuinely funny rom-com that proves there's more than one way to a heart-swelling happily ever after. Call it The Big Crowd Pleaser.
Posted Jun 19, 2017  Edit critic review
Rough Night (2017) Mara Reinstein By the 28th penis gag, audiences might be itching to exit this party early. The sober audiences, anyway.
Posted Jun 14, 2017  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Snatched (2017) Mara Reinstein Bickering, bonding, bickering, bonding. This is really the best comedy vehicle Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn could find?
Posted May 30, 2017  Edit critic review
Baywatch (2017) Mara Reinstein What a wasted chance at, ahem, a bouncy start of the summer movie season.
Posted May 30, 2017  Edit critic review
Wonder Woman (2017) Mara Reinstein For all of Wonder Woman's nifty weapons, the one that proves most indispensable is her chemistry with Chris Pine's ultra-charismatic American spy Steve Trevor.
Posted May 30, 2017  Edit critic review
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