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BuffaloVibe is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Jared Mobarak.

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7/10
Ramen Shop (2018) Jared Mobarak Ramen Shop ends up simultaneously being a pilgrimage and exorcism [whose] heartwarming tale of love overcoming prejudice [becomes] a visual smorgasbord of food porn.
Posted Apr 10, 2019  Edit critic review
5/10
Pet Sematary (2019) Jared Mobarak This Pet Sematary uses its characters so that its conceit can scare us when it should be the conceit that lets the Creeds frighten us by turning a mirror onto ourselves.
Posted Apr 05, 2019  Edit critic review
4/10
Hotel Mumbai (2018) Jared Mobarak Hotel Mumbai tries so hard to separate Indian from Lashkar-e-Taiba that it forgets to separate out Islam too [as things] quickly devolve from docudrama to survival thriller.
Posted Mar 26, 2019  Edit critic review
7/10
Gloria Bell (2018) Jared Mobarak While the movie might not be necessary, Moore's performance surely is.
Posted Mar 19, 2019  Edit critic review
7/10
Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018) Jared Mobarak Writer/director Milorad Krstic has combined his love for painting and film into an action thriller as surreal as it is familiar.
Posted Mar 14, 2019  Edit critic review
7/10
Captain Marvel (2019) Jared Mobarak Rather than watch Danvers take her human intangibles and leverage them to become a hero, we witness as a soldier of war rejects indoctrination [to see] the cost being paid.
Posted Mar 08, 2019  Edit critic review
8/10
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) Jared Mobarak It's childhood versus adolescence and the chasm created despite having just a couple years of separation colored by the addition of a conditioned gender divide between them.
Posted Mar 03, 2019  Edit critic review
8/10
Shoplifters (2018) Jared Mobarak In lesser hands the film would ask us to pity the Shibatas' impoverished plight. The way [Koreeda] presents them, however, has us basking in their independence, love, and joy.
Posted Feb 02, 2019  Edit critic review
7/10
Stan & Ollie (2018) Jared Mobarak With two-thirds of the run-time dealing in their joy of being on-stage, you might be surprised to discover just how poignant things will soon get.
Posted Jan 29, 2019  Edit critic review
6/10
Glass (2019) Jared Mobarak So while what happens is cool, it comes at the cost of being a better standalone than sequel. [It's] more about the twist than the journey, something his best work [avoids].
Posted Jan 18, 2019  Edit critic review
7/10
Ben Is Back (2018) Jared Mobarak The reason we look beyond the strings is a result of Roberts and Lucas Hedges buying into their characters' flaws and responsibility for what's happened.
Posted Jan 11, 2019  Edit critic review
9/10
Brooklyn (2015) Jared Mobarak The look of 1950s Brooklyn and Ireland is beautiful-each glimpse more idyllic than the next to render the film a fairy tale of sorts...
Posted Jan 02, 2019  Edit critic review
6/10
Vice (2018) Jared Mobarak Vice isn't scathing enough to offset its inherent humanizing geniality.
Posted Dec 28, 2018  Edit critic review
7/10
Aquaman (2018) Jared Mobarak Aquaman dares to be its own beast. And with a charismatic hero at its center to bridge the divide, DC remembers playfulness can actually be a boon.
Posted Dec 23, 2018  Edit critic review
8/10
The Favourite (2018) Jared Mobarak It might be Lanthimos' most straightforward piece since Dogtooth, its dry humor keeping us sharp and ready to expect the unexpected.
Posted Dec 15, 2018  Edit critic review
6/10
At Eternity's Gate (2018) Jared Mobarak This is very much an artist lovingly commemorating an artist he holds dear [and in that regard] quite possibly more a film about Schnabel himself than Van Gogh.
Posted Dec 07, 2018  Edit critic review
4/10
The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) Jared Mobarak It's factory-line horror as predictable as it is bland.
Posted Dec 02, 2018  Edit critic review
9/10
Widows (2018) Jared Mobarak Beneath its basic premise [...] lie complex themes that branch out towards social, economical, cultural, and racial divides.
Posted Nov 28, 2018  Edit critic review
6/10
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) Jared Mobarak I'm still with it-for now. I'm going to believe Rowling is taking this route of undermining her protagonists with purpose, but she better prove it to me in the next one.
Posted Nov 17, 2018  Edit critic review
5/10
Suspiria (2018) Jared Mobarak It's as though Kajganich wanted to shake any style over substance gripes so vehemently that he overcompensated by putting in too much substance.
Posted Nov 09, 2018  Edit critic review
8/10
Free Solo (2018) Jared Mobarak By removing any "extreme for extreme sake" motivations from the conversation, Free Solo's climax becomes a breathtaking, vertigo-inducing, edge-of-your-seat thrill ride.
Posted Oct 26, 2018  Edit critic review
7/10
The Hate U Give (2018) Jared Mobarak The Hate U Give isn't therefore supplying answers as much as presenting the questions in their true-to-life situations for us to confront.
Posted Oct 19, 2018  Edit critic review
6/10
Colette (2018) Jared Mobarak Thankfully Knightley and West are so good that [we enjoy] their characterizations enough to forgive the shortcomings of the rather superficial progressions they follow.
Posted Oct 13, 2018  Edit critic review
6/10
The Dark Tower (2017) Jared Mobarak I'll say flat-out that The Dark Tower is not the film fans of King's magnum opus deserve-it's merely the one this Hollywood can supply.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
8/10
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Jared Mobarak The MCU's most family-friendly installment.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
4/10
The Mummy (2017) Jared Mobarak Who doesn't want to watch another redundantly bland, would-be hero made from an irredeemable man who inexplicably is redeemed?
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
7/10
Despicable Me 3 (2017) Jared Mobarak It [message] complements [its] absurdity perfectly within this consistently charming, welcomingly spare, and infectiously funny franchise.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
8/10
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) Jared Mobarak The end result isn't quite as effective as Dawn before it, but War delivers the emotional heft to bring the trilogy full circle. Can we give Serkis an Oscar nomination yet?
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
3/10
47 Meters Down (2017) Jared Mobarak The plot unfolds so matter-of-factly that we have nothing to do but poke holes.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
8/10
Wonder Woman (2017) Jared Mobarak It merges the best parts of Thor and Captain America into an origin story possessed with increased character complexities despite its generic plot.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
10/10
Dunkirk (2017) Jared Mobarak He's crafted a film that embraces its indifference to convention to express an abstract with resonate power and understanding.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
7/10
Atomic Blonde (2017) Jared Mobarak Leitch uses every tool at his disposal (actors included) to conjure a spectacle with just enough substance to succeed beyond its stellar surface.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
6/10
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) Jared Mobarak Fact: Transformers: The Last Knight is its franchise's most entertaining entry. Unfortunately there's still a lot to dislike.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
9/10
A Quiet Passion (2016) Jared Mobarak Terence Davies delivers a portrait of tone, emotion, and personality. He provides the artist above the art.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
5/10
Unforgettable (2017) Jared Mobarak [Making Julia cheesier] would have ruined the one thing Unforgettable has going for it, but it also would have made [her actions] seem less impossible by comparison.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
7/10
Annabelle: Creation (2017) Jared Mobarak Director David F. Sandberg's ability to hew closer to Wan's quieter psychological terror for a consistency of tone puts this franchise back on-track.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
7/10
Logan Lucky (2017) Jared Mobarak The formula succeeds because the final product is an entertaining ride as similar to [the Ocean's trilogy's] concept as it is dissimilar in environment.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
9/10
Graduation (2016) Jared Mobarak Graduation quickly becomes a commencement not for the student heading to college, but the father who's devoted his life to ensuring it happens.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
6/10
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) Jared Mobarak While this re-envisioning of Camelot should be applauded for trying something new, its desire to crib off so many other iconic aesthetics [makes it more] generic than unique.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
4/10
Everything, Everything (2017) Jared Mobarak Not only does it not earn the additional drama [its] reveal hopes to conjure, it renders the love story-the literal emotional backbone of the work-into afterthought.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
5/10
Ingrid Goes West (2017) Jared Mobarak A run-of-the-mill stalker narrative too timid to say anything at all.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
7/10
The Bleeder (2016) Jared Mobarak There are lessons to be learned and we do so with [Chuck] while enjoying the chaos for laughs.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
8/10
It (2017) Jared Mobarak It's rare these days for a cast of unknowns to deliver as an authentic, natural ensemble, but these kids do.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
7/10
Patti Cake$ (2017) Jared Mobarak The result is a charming coming-of-age tale with an authenticity its premise may not appear to hold at first.
Posted Oct 12, 2018  Edit critic review
4/10
The Mountain Between Us (2017) Jared Mobarak A paperback love story wherein hunger and frostbite prove no match for horny pretty people using heightened psychological attachment to justify physically amorous relations.
Posted Oct 10, 2018  Edit critic review
4/10
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) Jared Mobarak Instead of saving the world, Kingsman 2 is about the personal happiness of characters we barely recognize anymore let alone like enough to see happy.
Posted Oct 10, 2018  Edit critic review
7/10
Battle of the Sexes (2017) Jared Mobarak We watch [King's] evolution from hero on the court to international icon breaking barriers off it. [And] on those terms Battle of the Sexes is a resounding success.
Posted Oct 10, 2018  Edit critic review
7/10
The Foreigner (2017) Jared Mobarak One [man is] perpetually on offense, the other defense, and both are beholden to a tale just smart enough to be worth our time.
Posted Oct 10, 2018  Edit critic review
8/10
Columbus (2017) Jared Mobarak Both Cho and Richardson are unforgettable with an easy chemistry that starts in guarded awkwardness before thawing to reveal warmth only an empathetic stranger could provide.
Posted Oct 10, 2018  Edit critic review
8/10
Only the Brave (2017) Jared Mobarak Moments when those personality shortcomings rise to the surface are the most powerful because they expose the psychological challenges of living inside and outside this job.
Posted Oct 10, 2018  Edit critic review
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