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Zoë Rose Bryant

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Though Zoe Rose Bryant has only worked in film criticism for a little under three years – turning a collegiate passion into a full-time career by writing for outlets such as Next Best Picture, Awards Watch, and Loud and Clear Reviews – her captivation with cinema has been a lifelong fascination, appreciating film in all its varying forms, from horror movies to heartfelt romantic comedies and everything in between. Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, she made the move to Los Angeles in 2021 after graduating from college and now spends her days additionally working as a List Editor and occasional writer for Screen Rant (as she attempts to attend every screening under the sun). As a trans critic, she also seeks to champion underrepresented voices in the LGBTQ+ community in film criticism and offer original insight on how gender and sexuality are explored in modern entertainment.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Babysitter (2022) 43% 1/10 EDIT “Aside from Chokri giving a rather genuine performance as the pained Nadine (the only affecting acting featured in the film), “Babysitter” isn’t worth a watch, and there are far better features on this subject matter to seek out.” – Next Best Picture Jul 5, 2024 Full Review Am I OK? (2022) 81% 6/10 EDIT “Throughout it all, Sonoya Mizuno and especially Dakota Johnson root this saga of self-discovery in riveting realism, turning in a pair of poignant performances that amplify the movie’s impact around them and linger long after the credits roll.” – Next Best Picture Jun 10, 2024 Full Review Barbie (2023) 88% 10/10 EDIT “With "Barbie," Greta Gerwig delivers a bold, brilliant, & beautiful dissection of both the lasting yet complicated legacy of this doll & the evolving roles men & women occupy in our world, aided by Margot Robbie & Ryan Gosling's note-perfect performances.” – Next Best Picture Jul 18, 2023 Full Review Blue Jean (2022) 96% 8/10 EDIT “Watching some of the harmful choices Jean makes (both for herself and others) is harrowing. Still, because Oakley so thoroughly roots her script in blistering believability, it always – agonizingly – rings true.” – Next Best Picture Jun 9, 2023 Full Review The Little Mermaid (2023) 67% 8/10 EDIT “It's hard not to be swept up in the sumptuous sentimentality all over again and give yourself over to that classic Disney magic.” – Next Best Picture May 22, 2023 Full Review Sanctuary (2022) 88% 9/10 EDIT “The summer movie season is synonymous with bombastic blockbusters, but "Sanctuary" shows that there are just as many fireworks that can arise from the unfiltered expression of our unruly human feelings” – Next Best Picture May 18, 2023 Full Review Monica (2022) 84% 9/10 EDIT “There are no false beats or histrionic blowouts to be found here; Pallaoro allows everything to unfold organically, trusting the engrossing themes of love, loss, ruination, and rebirth to engage us on their own without any additional anarchy.” – Next Best Picture May 11, 2023 Full Review Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) 99% 9/10 EDIT “By the end, it’s become a new essential text for girls in search of the answers to the anxieties of adolescence and the second coming-of-age classic Kelly Fremon Craig has made in a row – and my god, I’m just so happy it exists.” – Next Best Picture Apr 24, 2023 Full Review How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022) 95% 9/10 EDIT “How to Blow Up a Pipeline is not only one of the best films of the year so far, but one of the most unforgettable, impactful, and essential in recent memory, successfully advocating for radical activism to achieve radical change.” – We Live Entertainment Apr 7, 2023 Full Review A Thousand and One (2023) 97% 8/10 EDIT “From the first frame, the most striking thing about Rockwell’s directorial debut is her painstakingly poignant sense of place.” – Next Best Picture Mar 27, 2023 Full Review A Good Person (2023) 57% 6/10 EDIT ““A Good Person” never becomes unwatchable by any means, as Pugh and Freeman are too intricately invested in the story to stumble alongside the script. Still, it is a shame to see the film settle for “good” when this person could’ve been “great.”” – Next Best Picture Mar 22, 2023 Full Review Inside (2023) 62% 5/10 EDIT “Without more of a structure to the story or a more concrete conclusion, “Inside” leaves us on the outside looking in.” – Next Best Picture Mar 17, 2023 Full Review All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023) 90% 8/10 EDIT “A definite attempt to avoid dramatization at all costs in “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” makes for a better movie overall. There’s never an artificial attempt to push the plot forward – it’s allowed to move along as leisurely as it likes.” – Next Best Picture Feb 6, 2023 Full Review You Hurt My Feelings (2023) 94% 8/10 EDIT “It’s tender, terrifically funny, and endlessly thought-provoking, and it sends you out on a heartfelt high with new knowledge to apply to your own life, so you learn from Beth and Don’s miscommunications instead of repeating their mistakes yourself.” – Next Best Picture Feb 3, 2023 Full Review Deep Rising (2023) 71% 4/10 EDIT “Outside of the underwater sequences, there is very little “style” to be found in “Deep Rising,” which becomes its biggest deficiency.” – Next Best Picture Feb 2, 2023 Full Review Judy Blume Forever (2023) 95% 7/10 EDIT “One would expect a biographical documentary to provide a broad overview of its subject’s life and all they’ve accomplished thus far, but “Judy Blume Forever” goes a step further” – Next Best Picture Feb 1, 2023 Full Review Cat Person (2023) 47% 7/10 EDIT “Rarely has a film better-immersed viewers in this mindset of the modern woman, illustrated here quite explicitly with the presence of two Margots (Jones) at times, bickering back and forth with how to respond and react to suspicious situations.” – Next Best Picture Jan 31, 2023 Full Review Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023) 94% 6/10 EDIT “At the end of the day, it ultimately does right by the “Architect of Rock and Roll’s” lively legacy.” – Next Best Picture Jan 28, 2023 Full Review Infinity Pool (2023) 87% 6/10 EDIT “Although it isn’t quite as fully formed as the film that preceded it, it’s ultimately another example of Cronenberg’s urgently necessary original voice in the genre space and audacious auteurism.” – Next Best Picture Jan 27, 2023 Full Review The Pale Blue Eye (2022) 62% 7/10 EDIT “You may start the film by saying you’ve seen this all before, but by the end, Cooper makes it clear that you haven’t seen anything yet.” – Next Best Picture Dec 22, 2022 Full Review Babylon (2022) 57% 9/10 EDIT “Damien Chazelle's vibrant vision of 1920s Hollywood completely captures the cacophonous chaos of the era, while Margot Robbie turns in a towering powerhouse performance that may be her best yet, and in the dynamite and dashing Diego Calva, a star is born.” – Next Best Picture Dec 16, 2022 Full Review In Her Hands (2022) 58% 4/10 EDIT “Not only is the time we spend with Ghafari simply a straightforward telling of history (and not the parts we’re most interested in), but there needs to be more of it” – Next Best Picture Nov 16, 2022 Full Review Dear Zoe (2022) 71% 5/10 EDIT “What you’ll find is another example of one of our best and brightest younger actresses demonstrating her dramatic depth, even when the material around her isn’t as fresh as her deeply felt work.” – Next Best Picture Nov 4, 2022 Full Review She Said (2022) 88% 9/10 EDIT “She Said is not only one of the best films of the year, but also an essential example of how important it is that women tell women’s stories, and a riveting reminder that it was two working moms who took down Harvey Weinstein and changed the world.” – We Live Entertainment Nov 3, 2022 Full Review The School for Good and Evil (2022) 38% 3/10 EDIT “To put it plainly, “The School For Good And Evil” is essentially just… exhausting.” – Next Best Picture Oct 19, 2022 Full Review
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