Critics » Justin Chang
Justin Chang

Justin Chang

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Publications:
Variety
Total Reviews:
236

Listing Of All Reviews & Articles

Showing 1 - 50 of 236
Previous | Next
Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
—— The Face of Love () " Annette Bening and Ed Harris bring potent conviction to this maudlin but strangely compelling psychological love story." — Variety
Posted Sep 18, 2013
76% How I Live Now (2013) " Held together by a forceful performance from Saoirse Ronan, director Kevin Macdonald's adaptation of Meg Rosoff's novel makes up in emotional immediacy what it lacks in broad dramatic sweep." — Variety
Posted Sep 14, 2013
44% Blind Detective (Man Tam) () " This madcap mystery-romance sustains a light, bouncy tone and a decent hit-to-miss laff ratio even in scenes involving strangulation, dismemberment and cannibalism." — Variety
Posted Sep 14, 2013
100% The Armstrong Lie (2013) " Alex Gibney delivers not just a detailed, full-access account of his subject, in all his defiance, hubris and tentative self-reckoning, but also a layered inquiry into the culture of competitiveness, celebrity, moral relativism and hypocrisy." — Variety
Posted Sep 13, 2013
93% Philomena (2013) " A howl of anti-clerical outrage wrapped in a tea cozy, "Philomena" applies amusing banter and a sheen of good taste to the real-life quest of Philomena Lee." — Variety
Posted Sep 13, 2013
79% Tracks () " Mia Wasikowska gives a fine, flinty performance in this beautifully rendered adaptation of Robyn Davidson's international bestseller." — Variety
Posted Sep 13, 2013
—— Lucky Them () " [A] terrifically acted dramedy directed by rising talent Megan Griffiths." — Variety
Posted Sep 12, 2013
85% The F Word () " Roughly three parts charming to one part cloying, "The F Word" attempts and largely succeeds at pulling off a smart, self-aware riff on romantic-comedy conventions while maintaining a core of earnest feeling." — Variety
Posted Sep 11, 2013
93% The Double () " It's a bleak, alienating vision by design, and the cruel sense of repetition that sets in feels entirely intentional, conveying again and again the weight of society bearing down relentlessly on one individual." — Variety
Posted Sep 10, 2013
33% Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013) " A fine cast can only do so much with the script's pileup of generational conflict and long-winded introspection, resulting in a willfully out-of-step picture." — Variety
Posted Sep 9, 2013
89% Bad Words (2014) " Jason Bateman makes an auspicious directing debut with this exuberantly foul-mouthed and mean-spirited comedy." — Variety
Posted Sep 9, 2013
95% Enough Said (2013) " While the conversation sparkles and amuses as ever, there are indications here that Holofcener's uniquely perceptive voice has begun to calcify somewhat into a familiar house style." — Variety
Posted Sep 9, 2013
67% Hateship Loveship () " Liza Johnson makes fine, steady progress with this delicate and absorbing character study starring Kristen Wiig." — Variety
Posted Sep 9, 2013
—— A Promise () " This awkward, passionless drama conveys neither the sensuality nor the drawn-out sense of longing required by its period tale of a young secretary who falls in love with his employer's wife." — Variety
Posted Sep 4, 2013
34% Adore (2013) " An impeccably tasteful picture about some awfully tasteless decisions." — Variety
Posted Sep 3, 2013
97% Gravity (2013) " [A] white-knuckle space odyssey, a work of great narrative simplicity and visual complexity ..." — Variety
Posted Aug 28, 2013
34% Passion (2013) " This tarted-up English-language remake affords some modestly campy pleasures, but lacks the delirious trash-horror verve of De Palma's best work." — Variety
Posted Aug 26, 2013
12% The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) " A ludicrous, borderline-nonsensical supernatural concoction with a slightly redeeming sense of its own silliness." — Variety
Posted Aug 21, 2013
30% Kick-Ass 2 (2013) " "Kick-Ass 2″ improves on its 2010 predecessor in at least one respect: It doesn't make the mistake of trying to pass off its bone-crunching brutality as something shocking or subversive." — Variety
Posted Aug 14, 2013
27% Planes (2013) " "Planes" is so overrun with broad cultural stereotypes that it should come with free ethnic-sensitivity training for especially impressionable kids." — Variety
Posted Aug 7, 2013
47% We're The Millers (2013) " "We're the Filler" might have been a more apt title ..." — Variety
Posted Aug 6, 2013
—— Apartment 1303 3D (2013) " Your monthly rent is probably scarier than what writer-director Michael Taverna has cooked up in this inept and derivative tale ..." — Variety
Posted Jul 25, 2013
37% Dealing With Idiots (2013) " [A] flat, aimless comedy skewering the parents of junior baseball players." — Variety
Posted Jul 19, 2013
91% Blue Jasmine (2013) " A meaty, fully realized drama that cleverly functions as both an update of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and a satire on One Percent excess." — Variety
Posted Jul 17, 2013
83% Computer Chess (2013) " An endearingly nutty, proudly analog tribute to the ultra-nerdy innovators of yesteryear, this quasi-mockumentary is easy to admire in spirit even when its haphazard construction practically defines hit-or-miss." — Variety
Posted Jul 16, 2013
42% Red 2 (2013) " An obligatory sequel that can't quite recapture the sly, laid-back pleasures of its cheerfully ridiculous predecessor." — Variety
Posted Jul 15, 2013
36% The Hot Flashes (2013) " [A] strained and soapy empowerment comedy ..." — Variety
Posted Jul 11, 2013
87% The Conjuring (2013) " A sensationally entertaining old-school freakout and one of the smartest, most viscerally effective thrillers in recent memory." — Variety
Posted Jun 24, 2013
78% Europa Report (2013) " Two currently popular strands of genre filmmaking, the low-budget sci-fier and the found-footage thriller, merge to reasonably plausible and impressively controlled effect in Europa Report." — Variety
Posted Jun 24, 2013
77% Somm (2013) " [It's] a Herculean feat that all but requires advanced degrees in wine theory, history, geography, service and, most crucially, tasting, all of which director Jason Wise examines in crisp, quaffable if overlong fashion." — Variety
Posted Jun 21, 2013
78% Monsters University (2013) " Scanlon deals honestly and inventively with the hard reality that some talents can't be taught and some dreams remain unfulfilled." — Variety
Posted Jun 10, 2013
84% This Is the End (2013) " Offsets its slightly smug premise with a clever sense of self-parody and near-cataclysmic levels of vulgarity." — Variety
Posted May 31, 2013
—— Death March () " [A] gruelingly abstract and attenuated war meditation. " — Variety
Posted May 20, 2013
44% He's Way More Famous Than You (2013) " Self-pity, self-parody and self-destruction are blurred to cringe-inducing effect in He's Way More Famous Than You." — Variety
Posted May 15, 2013
67% Desperate Acts Of Magic (2013) " Gold's conventional script is enlivened by engaging performances, authentic tricks and amusing noir-parody touches as it delves into the often unsavory institutional politics of the magic industry." — Variety
Posted May 15, 2013
0% Generation Um... (2013) " A slapped-together sub-mumblecore exercise that at times suggests a feature-length expansion of 2010′s "Sad Keanu" meme" — Variety
Posted May 2, 2013
67% The Iceman (2013) " A finely chiseled thriller that reflects the cold-blooded efficiency of its murderous subject in every frame and detai" — Variety
Posted Apr 29, 2013
88% What Maisie Knew (2013) " This beautifully observed drama essentially strikes the same sad note for 98 minutes, though with enough sensitivity and emotional variation to make the experience cumulatively heartrending." — Variety
Posted Apr 29, 2013
82% Something in the Air (2013) " Made with the bittersweet clarity of hindsight and the assurance of a director in peak form, Something in the Air is Olivier Assayas' wise and wistful memory-piece on the revolutionary fervor that suffused his young adulthood." — Variety
Posted Apr 29, 2013
50% At Any Price (2013) " An artfully downbeat drama that proves easier to admire than to embrace." — Variety
Posted Apr 22, 2013
55% The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) " Illuminating but heavy-handed." — Variety
Posted Apr 22, 2013
4% Scary Movie 5 (2013) " [A] numbingly inane if cheerfully up-to-the-minute new entry in a franchise presumed to have breathed its last seven years ago." — Variety
Posted Apr 12, 2013
54% Oblivion (2013) " A moderately clever dystopian mindbender with a gratifying human pulse, despite some questionable narrative developments along the way." — Variety
Posted Apr 10, 2013
44% To The Wonder (2013) " Flaws and all, this is ravishing, distrib-worthy work from a filmmaker who hasn't lost his capacity to move and surprise." — Variety
Posted Apr 8, 2013
65% Antiviral (2013) " Antiviral never builds the sort of character investment or narrative momentum that would allow its visceral horrors to seriously disturb, rather than seeming like choice gross-out moments lovingly designed for maximum viewer recoil." — Variety
Posted Apr 8, 2013
7% Tomorrow You're Gone (2013) " There are intimations throughout that Charlie may not have the strongest grip on reality, though there's nothing ambiguous about the picture's overriding tedium." — Variety
Posted Apr 5, 2013
28% G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) " Retaliation makes any number of ham-fisted bids for topical relevance, and naturally almost every one of them represents an affront to good taste." — Variety
Posted Mar 27, 2013
59% Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) " Oz the Great and Powerful can be enjoyed, up to a point, on its own colorful, diverting but finally rather futile terms." — Variety
Posted Mar 1, 2013
52% Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) " Fee-fi-fo-fum, this fairy-tale retread is pretty dumb." — Variety
Posted Feb 26, 2013
Showing 1 - 50 of 236
Previous | Next
  • Sort by Rating:

    Sort results by this critic's rating. This option is only available for critics with a rating system (4 star, letter grade, 1-10, etc.)

  • Sort by T-meter:

    Sort results by the Tomatometer (percentage of critics recommending a certain movie)

Best to Worst Sampling

Best Reviewed

More...

Worst Reviewed

More...

Fresh Links

Halloween Movies For Wimps
Halloween Movies For Wimps External Link
 Scary movies too scary for you? Here are some alternatives for October 31st.
10 Best Superhero TV Shows
10 Best Superhero TV Shows External Link
 HitFix combs through TV history to compile a superpowered list.
Ridiculous Movie Mistakes
Ridiculous Movie Mistakes External Link
 RollingStone proves even the best movies miss a details here and there.
Deadly Movie Kids
Deadly Movie Kids External Link
 Moviefone lists 11 Movie Kids Who Could Kick Our Asses.
50 States, 50 Movies
50 States, 50 Movies External Link
 For July 4th, TimeOut has compiled 50 state-specific movie choices.
Follow RT on Twitter!
Follow RT on Twitter! External Link
 Spice up your feed with hourly Tomatometer updates!
Help | About | Jobs | Critics Submission | Press | API | Licensing | Mobile
Copyright © Flixster, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright Policy | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Ad Choices