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Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Clarisse Loughrey, Mark Kermode, Robbie Collin.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Belle (2021) Mark Kermode I thought it was kind of sumptuous. I really enjoyed it and loved the characterization.
Posted Sep 29, 2022  Edit critic review
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Mark Kermode The jokes, the catch-phrases, just incredibly tired...
Posted Aug 03, 2022  Edit critic review
Moonfall (2022) Mark Kermode It's like someone went 'Alexa write a really, really bad science fiction script'.
Posted May 20, 2022  Edit critic review
X (2022) Mark Kermode There's tension, proper fleshiness that makes the audience wince, and the actors seem to be really enjoying themselves. Entertaining and repugnant, in a good way.
Posted Apr 15, 2022  Edit critic review
The Phantom of the Open (2021) Mark Kermode It's a particularly British story. And it is a sort of fairytale, taking liberties in the way it's presented but very charming and very funny.
Posted Apr 15, 2022  Edit critic review
Ambulance (2022) Mark Kermode The least unfavourite Michael Bay film.
Posted Apr 15, 2022  Edit critic review
Master (2022) Mark Kermode A really interesting film, with more than a little Jordan Peele in it.
Posted Apr 15, 2022  Edit critic review
Escape From Mogadishu (2021) Mark Kermode Every camera movement is there for a reason. This is a director, not showboating, but NEEDING to tell a story visually. Every single part of the film tells the story.
Posted Apr 15, 2022  Edit critic review
Morbius (2022) Mark Kermode Somehow, Jared Leto is not even the best Jared in Morbius. Oh, I just, enough with the origin stories we did not ask for.
Posted Apr 15, 2022  Edit critic review
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) Mark Kermode Slightly grating, way too long, but not terrible.
Posted Apr 15, 2022  Edit critic review
The Bad Guys (2022) Mark Kermode Throwback feeling that adds a lot of oomph to the action.
Posted Apr 15, 2022  Edit critic review
Kimi (2022) Mark Kermode Really well-made. If you're a cinema fan, it's a joy to watch...
Posted Mar 09, 2022  Edit critic review
Here Before (2021) Mark Kermode I was gripped by it, her quandary, and the film as a whole is really eerie.
Posted Mar 09, 2022  Edit critic review
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) Mark Kermode Hey, less annoying than Halloween Kills...but it doesn't need to exist.
Posted Mar 09, 2022  Edit critic review
Dog (2022) Mark Kermode This does exactly what it says on the tin. But I enjoyed it much more than I expected to.
Posted Mar 09, 2022  Edit critic review
Studio 666 (2022) Mark Kermode It's not doing anything new, and I don't think they'll be giving up their music jobs any time soon...and it's half an hour too long.
Posted Mar 09, 2022  Edit critic review
Hellbender (2021) Mark Kermode Mad and interesting stuff...it's a coming-of-age story on the one hand and a feminist parable, but it's all that and so much else.
Posted Mar 09, 2022  Edit critic review
Cyrano (2021) Mark Kermode The songs didn't fly, and it felt kind of stagey...
Posted Mar 09, 2022  Edit critic review
The Weekend Away (2022) Mark Kermode A large glass of white wine on a Friday night.
Posted Mar 09, 2022  Edit critic review
The Batman (2022) Mark Kermode I was pleasantly surprised. It's not the Nolan movies, but for heaven's sake better than Affleck...I think Pattinson does a good job with it.
Posted Mar 09, 2022  Edit critic review
Against the Ice (2022) Mark Kermode Considering the epic nature of the trek, the film did feel rather pedestrian.
Posted Mar 09, 2022  Edit critic review
The Matrix Resurrections (2021) Mark Kermode None of the head-spinning revelations of the first...here's the thing: The Matrix really is a standalone film.
Posted Jan 19, 2022  Edit critic review
Save the Cinema (2022) Mark Kermode I was charmed...you wrap it around yourself and just settle down. If you like cheese, you'll love this.
Posted Jan 19, 2022  Edit critic review
Scream (2022) Mark Kermode Remembering the thrill of the original, and just how brilliantly of its time it was, this is just alright. The Halloween reboot was far more surprising in its reconfiguration.
Posted Jan 19, 2022  Edit critic review
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) Mark Kermode I didn't get a five-star feeling from it. It was interesting, but Macbeth can't just be interesting.
Posted Jan 19, 2022  Edit critic review
West Side Story (2021) Mark Kermode A big, cinematic film. It's West Side Story, is what it is.
Posted Dec 11, 2021  Edit critic review
Wrath of Man (2021) Mark Kermode For all its flip-flops, there's never anything engaging or surprising. Very perfunctory.
Posted Dec 11, 2021  Edit critic review
Don't Look Up (2021) Mark Kermode The film may not be as fabulous as its star-studded cast suggests, but it's still exactly what you expect it to be, and I quite like that, a slightly sly but broad satire.
Posted Dec 11, 2021  Edit critic review
Being the Ricardos (2021) Mark Kermode It's not brilliant, but it's fine, and the performance from Kidman is odd but appropriate...
Posted Dec 11, 2021  Edit critic review
Spencer (2021) Mark Kermode Brilliant central performance. Sally Hawkins does a great job of taking this role, and turning it into a symbol of heartfelt love.
Posted Nov 06, 2021  Edit critic review
Eternals (2021) Mark Kermode I certainly can't get emotionally invested anymore...it's just a series of special effects interspersed with a bit of humor...
Posted Nov 06, 2021  Edit critic review
Anne at 13,000 ft (2019) Mark Kermode This needed characters that hold your interest...I found I was only invested in limited doses.
Posted Oct 20, 2021  Edit critic review
Freshman Year (2019) Mark Kermode It's introspective, and it gets right the sense of angst and e ennui...
Posted Oct 20, 2021  Edit critic review
Percy Vs Goliath (2020) Mark Kermode There is an interesting story, and I'm glad to know about it...but other than that it's absolute TV movie-of-the-week stuff.
Posted Oct 20, 2021  Edit critic review
No Sudden Move (2021) Mark Kermode A story about race and class and hidden pollution.
Posted Oct 20, 2021  Edit critic review
The Addams Family 2 (2021) Mark Kermode I had to go back to my notes to remind myself what even happened in the film. The answer is not much.
Posted Oct 20, 2021  Edit critic review
Halloween Kills (2021) Mark Kermode Its thinks it has an idea, but it would have been nice to been frightened.
Posted Oct 20, 2021  Edit critic review
Ron's Gone Wrong (2021) Mark Kermode Really good fun and a real surprise.
Posted Oct 19, 2021  Edit critic review
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) Mark Kermode I actually had a riot and enjoyed it.
Posted Oct 19, 2021  Edit critic review
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) Mark Kermode The first half of the film is better, and I liked it much more than I was expecting.
Posted Sep 21, 2021  Edit critic review
Copshop (2021) Mark Kermode I'm getting to enjoy Gerrard Butler more on screen than ever before. I don't think this is great, but there are bits that worked well...not terrific, not terrible, but interesting.
Posted Sep 21, 2021  Edit critic review
Wildfire (2020) Mark Kermode Haunting, ambient and very impressive.
Posted Sep 21, 2021  Edit critic review
Here Today (2021) Mark Kermode This is more indulgent, and the more it goes on the more mawkish it unfortunately becomes. It's clearly a very personal project, but it just loses its way very badly.
Posted Sep 21, 2021  Edit critic review
A Clockwork Orange (1971) Mark Kermode A stone-cold classic, no getting around the fact...
Posted Sep 21, 2021  Edit critic review
Herself (2020) Mark Kermode It's got foundations rooted in reality. The body off the house is in-between the dream and the fulfillment, and it's roof has its head in the air...I enjoyed it very much.
Posted Sep 21, 2021  Edit critic review
The Starling (2021) Mark Kermode A mawkish melodrama...the whole thing felt unearned.
Posted Sep 21, 2021  Edit critic review
Fauci (2021) Mark Kermode Very very interesting, and Fauci comes out as an honest and fascinating character.
Posted Sep 21, 2021  Edit critic review
The Croods: A New Age (2020) Mark Kermode Passable fair, but not much more than that...you will forget it the minute you see it.
Posted Aug 05, 2021  Edit critic review
Jungle Cruise (2021) Mark Kermode You've been on the ride before, but twenty minutes in, you're thinking this is fun...scrappy with a 70s feel, good fun and it does what it says on the tin.
Posted Aug 05, 2021  Edit critic review
The Suicide Squad (2021) Mark Kermode Essentially a sarcastic, post-ironic action painting of splurge thrown on the biggest screen possible...just, stuff on the screen, some of which is quite bonkers and funny, but it felt like a big inside joke, that was my problem...
Posted Aug 05, 2021  Edit critic review
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