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Decent Films is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Steven D. Greydanus.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Steven D. Greydanus Both a welcome departure and a gratifying return to form.… Knives Out turns on the heroine being a good and caring nurse; that Fr. Jud is a good and caring priest is even more important here.
Posted Dec 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Elio (2025) Steven D. Greydanus The kind of movie that Lightyear should have been… Where other recent Pixar releases have been distinctly adolescent coming-of-age stories, Elio is fantastical escapism for children.
Posted Jun 19, 2025  Edit critic review
The Life of Chuck (2024) Steven D. Greydanus Lovingly adapted from Stephen King’s novella of the same name, The Life of Chuck was written and directed by Mike Flanagan, for whom the material is so well suited that King might as well have written it for him.
Posted Jun 06, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wild Robot (2024) Steven D. Greydanus If it’s not a perfect movie, it’s the best kind of mostly perfect movie: the kind where the missteps, if they are missteps, don’t diminish the delight of the perfect parts.
Posted Sep 28, 2024  Edit critic review
Wildcat (2023) Steven D. Greydanus Brims with passion and integrity. I’m grateful that it exists.
Posted May 10, 2024  Edit critic review
Cabrini (2024) Steven D. Greydanus As single-minded as its protagonist, Cabrini drives home in every scene its themes of human dignity—particularly the dignity of women and marginalized groups including immigrants and the poor—and solidarity in the face of prejudice and social injustice.
Posted Mar 21, 2024  Edit critic review
Dune: Part Two (2024) Steven D. Greydanus Exceeds expectations in every way—except humanity.
Posted Mar 04, 2024  Edit critic review
Lourdes (2019) Steven D. Greydanus Demaizière and Teurlai are nonbelievers, but their observational method is respectful and open-minded.
Posted Jul 15, 2023  Edit critic review
Elemental (2023) Steven D. Greydanus When a significant part of the conflict in a cartoon about talking elemental beings turns on urban infrastructure problems, building code violations, and city bureaucracy, something has gone off the rails.
Posted Jun 16, 2023  Edit critic review
Turning Red (2022) Steven D. Greydanus Switching up the familiar parental overbearing or understanding roles can have humanizing implications for both fathers and mothers. Moms, like dads, are only human, and dads are, in a different sense, no less human than moms.
Posted Mar 11, 2022  Edit critic review
A
The Decalogue (1989) Steven D. Greydanus Far from being morality tales, these short stories are closer to parables — at least, they are as confounding and strange as Jesus' parables were to his first hearers.
Posted May 01, 2021  Edit critic review
A-
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002) Steven D. Greydanus Not a remake of the 1939 classic but a new adaptation of Hilton's sentimental novella... couldn't be more different from the 1939 film, and that's all to the good.
Posted Feb 26, 2020  Edit critic review
Emanuel (2019) Steven D. Greydanus Forgiveness is a radical act. So is speaking against injustices suffered by minorities but easily overlooked by the majority. 'Emanuel' challenges viewers to recognize the importance of both.
Posted Jun 18, 2019  Edit critic review
B
Wonder Woman (2017) Steven D. Greydanus Invests Princess Diana with possibly the most genuinely heroic characterization of any modern cinematic superhero.
Posted Jun 02, 2017  Edit critic review
C-
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Steven D. Greydanus What doesn't work, alas, are the big things: the main story involving Peter and his real space dad, played by Kurt Russell, and the romantic "unspoken thing" between Peter and Gamora.
Posted May 05, 2017  Edit critic review
B
Hillsong: Let Hope Rise (2016) Steven D. Greydanus It may be one-sided, but it's also genuinely moving, even to the viewer who doesn't share the band's world, or not entirely.
Posted Sep 15, 2016  Edit critic review
A
The Young Messiah (2016) Steven D. Greydanus Offers an imaginative vision of the most iconic and celebrated family in human history that is both surprising and familiar, warmly human and credible yet also different.
Posted Mar 10, 2016  Edit critic review
A-
Song of the Sea (2014) Steven D. Greydanus Like Miyazaki, Moore isn't afraid to take the time to breathe deeply, savor moments of silence and beauty, and open the door to wonder and mystery.
Posted Mar 20, 2015  Edit critic review
A-
Cinderella (2015) Steven D. Greydanus Such a gallant anachronism...that it offers, without ever raising its voice, a ringing cross-examination of our whole era of dark, gritty fairy-tale revisionism.
Posted Mar 11, 2015  Edit critic review
A
The Overnighters (2014) Steven D. Greydanus An existentially probing documentary with more layers than a twisty Hollywood thriller, at turns inspiring, challenging, sobering and finally devastating.
Posted Feb 25, 2015  Edit critic review
C+
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (2014) Steven D. Greydanus May be essential to series fans, but it feels more like a TV series arc episode than a feature film.
Posted Nov 20, 2014  Edit critic review
B
St. Vincent (2014) Steven D. Greydanus A movie essentially without a single surprise, which doesn't make it disagreeable...Murray and young Lieberher develop a nice rapport.
Posted Oct 18, 2014  Edit critic review
C
The Song (2014) Steven D. Greydanus If wisdom isn't one of your character's defining traits, should Solomon really be your model?
Posted Sep 26, 2014  Edit critic review
B-
Despicable Me 2 (2013) Steven D. Greydanus Turning Dr. Evil into Austin Powers ... is the best possible way to keep the reformed character from losing his mojo. (Oh, how Mike Myers has influenced this discussion!)
Posted Jul 05, 2013  Edit critic review
B-
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Steven D. Greydanus Almost all highlights and bombast, with little if any room for subtlety or poetry.
Posted Dec 13, 2012  Edit critic review
A
Lincoln (2012) Steven D. Greydanus [Day-Lewis] convincingly comprehends Lincoln's melancholy and his humor; his self-deprecation and brandishing of authority; his backwoods simplicity and his highly literate verbal dexterity…
Posted Nov 16, 2012  Edit critic review
A
Argo (2012) Steven D. Greydanus It is startling how recent events have lent Argo an almost uncanny currency-in the process highlighting sobering current realities downplayed by the media.
Posted Oct 12, 2012  Edit critic review
B+
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) Steven D. Greydanus If you see only one James Cameron-directed movie about theTitanic -and you should - see the one that doesn't star Kate and Leo.
Posted Sep 28, 2012  Edit critic review
C+
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) Steven D. Greydanus Too much of the film is mired in the bleak, gritty world of Hollywood Medieval Grunge...Have filmmakers never looked at medieval art? They had pretty colors back then, I'm almost certain.
Posted Sep 13, 2012  Edit critic review
B-
ParaNorman (2012) Steven D. Greydanus Not as daringly, disturbingly original as Coraline, but the dialogue and visuals are peppered with wit...most of the characters are one-dimensional stereotypes drawn without much affection.
Posted Aug 16, 2012  Edit critic review
B+
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Steven D. Greydanus An overwhelming, enthralling climax...Yet something crucial is missing, a question raised ever more insistently in all three films, and at best left unanswered: Is Gotham City worth saving?
Posted Jul 19, 2012  Edit critic review
C
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) Steven D. Greydanus More like a Happy Meal than a movie...another serving of exactly the same product that millions of families have been served before and will come back to again and again.
Posted Jul 12, 2012  Edit critic review
C+
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) Steven D. Greydanus Bungles who Spider-Man is, where he's coming from. This isn't the only problem … but, for me, it's the most intractable, because it undermines the hero's moral center.
Posted Jul 02, 2012  Edit critic review
A-
Brave (2012) Steven D. Greydanus Ironically, some critics are complaining about the very thing that makes Brave so refreshing: that it's not another tale of teen rebellion and parents learning the error of their ways.
Posted Jun 19, 2012  Edit critic review
D
Prometheus (2012) Steven D. Greydanus I don't mind that Prometheus raises big questions without ultimately answering them...I do mind that [it] has virtually nothing interesting, insightful or thoughtful to say about them.
Posted Jun 08, 2012  Edit critic review
For Greater Glory (2012) Steven D. Greydanus A sweeping, handsome epic with strong performances, solid production values and magnificent locations across Mexico.
Posted May 30, 2012  Edit critic review
D+
Dark Shadows (2012) Steven D. Greydanus Feels less like a fond and knowing tribute than a work of indifferent, uninspired hackery.
Posted May 11, 2012  Edit critic review
B
Chimpanzee (2012) Steven D. Greydanus Has the makings of a great nature documentary … If only Allen didn't keep elbowing us in the ribs to make sure that we get it.
Posted May 03, 2012  Edit critic review
B+
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) Steven D. Greydanus Gadzooks, is this movie bonkers. I mean, really.
Posted May 03, 2012  Edit critic review
A
Marvel's the Avengers (2012) Steven D. Greydanus If The Avengers isn't necessarily the BEST superhero movie ever made, it is unquestionably the MOST superhero movie ever made.
Posted May 03, 2012  Edit critic review
B
Mirror Mirror (2012) Steven D. Greydanus What's the last movie you saw that created an imaginary world bursting with color and beauty and inspiration? A world that reminded you of the feeling you had as a child the first time you saw Dorothy open that door on the Technicolor world of Oz?
Posted Mar 30, 2012  Edit critic review
B-
The Hunger Games (2012) Steven D. Greydanus [Katniss is] perhaps the most engaging action-movie protagonist in recent years … Am I glad I saw The Hunger Games? Yes. But I'm not eager to see it again.
Posted Mar 23, 2012  Edit critic review
B-
October Baby (2011) Steven D. Greydanus Avoids the outright preachiness of the Sherwood Productions films … certainly a good-looking film … too much tell and not enough show.
Posted Mar 23, 2012  Edit critic review
B-
John Carter (2012) Steven D. Greydanus Doesn't do anything we haven't seen before ... yet somehow it feels credibly ripped from a larger mythology rather than being cobbled together from spare parts.
Posted Mar 08, 2012  Edit critic review
C
Dr. Seuss' the Lorax (2012) Steven D. Greydanus It could have been worse. How much worse it could be! / But is that enough? Not for my kids and me. / It's no Despicable Me, sad to say. / Perhaps someone should lift this Lorax away.
Posted Mar 02, 2012  Edit critic review
C+
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Steven D. Greydanus Tintin's fantastic, charmingly naive little world is not well served by the epic quasi-realism of high-tech computer animation.
Posted Feb 22, 2012  Edit critic review
B+
War Horse (2011) Steven D. Greydanus [Not] entirely satisfying … Somehow, though, the sum of the parts are more than the whole … It is a film of a kind we don't see any more, that it would be good to see more of.
Posted Feb 22, 2012  Edit critic review
A-
The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) Steven D. Greydanus A wide-eyed sense of discovery and revelation permeates the film, and what it reveals is … the mystery and wonder of an ordinary home. One imaginative inspiration after another.
Posted Feb 13, 2012  Edit critic review
C+
The Grey (2012) Steven D. Greydanus A thoughtful, tough-minded little tale of survival and attrition that sets its sights a bit further than its firepower takes it.
Posted Feb 10, 2012  Edit critic review
A-
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) Steven D. Greydanus So preposterously entertaining that it makes watching other recent Hollywood action spectacles feel like work.
Posted Dec 16, 2011  Edit critic review
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