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Oliver Lyttelton

Oliver Lyttelton

Agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

Publications:
The Playlist
Total Reviews:
48

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Showing 1 - 48 of 48
Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
c+ 20% Die Frau des Polizisten (The Police Officer's Wife) () " For a film with so many parts-many of which are terrific on a standalone basis-their sum ends up not amounting to all that much. " — The Playlist
Posted Sep 14, 2013
c 69% The Unknown Known () " From a procedural perspective, the film is an insightful look into the life of a Secretary Of Defense, but as an exploration into how the war in Iraq was allowed to happen, it's much, much less satisfying." — indieWIRE
Posted Sep 13, 2013
b 70% Tom à la ferme (Tom at the Farm) () " It's great to sit back and watch a fascinating filmmaker continue to find his voice. " — The Playlist
Posted Sep 13, 2013
b- 86% Palo Alto () " The film overstays its welcome a touch and ultimately feels fairly disposable, simply due to how well-trodden the territory is. But it's still a strong and soulful debut from Coppola." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 13, 2013
d 55% Child Of God () " The whole thing feels sort of tossed off, like it was made by film students over a couple of weekends. " — The Playlist
Posted Sep 13, 2013
A 98% Wadjda (2013) " The film doesn't sugarcoat the situation in Saudi Arabia-far from it-but by the end, it makes clear in that in the likes of Wadjda, there are real hopes for progress and change in years to come." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 13, 2013
2/5 88% Rush (2013) " For all of his Michael Mann-aping moves here, Howard can't commit to the theme, and lets the ending flounder under a kind of fist- pumping triumphalism that sits uneasily with what came before." — Little White Lies
Posted Sep 12, 2013
c+ 58% The Sacrament () " There's not much left in the way of tension or surprises and it can't do anything except feel like a huge anticlimax." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 11, 2013
C+ 50% Sacro GRA () " It's great that a documentary has broken through and won the Lion, but we're a little baffled that a film as unremarkable as this one was the one to do so. " — The Playlist
Posted Sep 9, 2013
A- 81% The Wind Rises (Kaze tachinu) (2014) " It might not be the director's most immediately accessible films, but it's among his most fascinating and beguiling." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 8, 2013
91% Stray Dogs () " If nothing else, you're left with a masterclass in directing, and a film that anyone who's serious about cinema needs to make the time to see." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 7, 2013
A 100% At Berkeley () " ...it's deeply heartwarming stuff. And that's why, after four hours, you wouldn't cut a frame-you need all this material to form this microcosm of America." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 6, 2013
B- —— Yurusarezaru mono (Unforgiven) () " Taken in its own context, it's a solid, if unremarkable samurai picture. But if you're even vaguely familiar with the Eastwood original, it's so familiar that it's hard to see the point." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 5, 2013
C 69% The Unknown Known () " Morris asks the occasional tough question, but he's never particularly aggressive. And with Rumsfeld...still the career politician, he ultimately proves too slippery for his interviewer, who fails to get...real reflection or revelation out of him." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 5, 2013
D+ —— A Promise () " More than anything else, Leconte's bland chocolate-box romance resembles a film like The Notebook or The Lucky One, with its thwarted romance, chaste lack-of-sexuality and thin characters. " — The Playlist
Posted Sep 5, 2013
B- 78% Moebius () " Kim treats his bloody and provocative taboo breaking with a much lighter touch this time around, and the result, while still deeply flawed, is mostly a sly dark comedy that doubles as a very impressive display of wordless storytelling." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 5, 2013
B- 100% The Armstrong Lie (2013) " If you followed the scandal closely over the years, it'll likely feel like going over old ground....for all its flaws, the film offers as compelling and fair a summary of the case and the man for those less well-versed in the tale..." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 5, 2013
B+ 89% Locke () " It's an impressive achievement in a very impressive film, one that can only increase the esteem in which both Knight and Hardy are held." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 5, 2013
A- 86% Miss Violence () " On the back of a brace of impeccable performances...Avranas makes a claim to be considered among the top ranks of international filmmakers." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 2, 2013
B- 58% The Zero Theorem () " It might not be a return to the form... but it's a lot better than what we've had from Gilliam in the last decade, and we sincerely hope there's plenty more to come." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 2, 2013
D- 47% Parkland (2013) " This November marks the 50th anniversary of his assassination in Dealey Plaza, and as such, it was inevitable that there'd be some kind of film to mark the occasion. We just wish it wasn't as terrible as "Parkland,"" — The Playlist
Posted Sep 1, 2013
B+ 93% Philomena (2013) " It's certainly a crowd-pleaser...and something close to a triumph, if not an unqualified one." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 31, 2013
A- 78% Night Moves () " The conclusion, like the rest of the film...will be ticking around our heads for a while, and proved to be the perfect reminder that Reichardt is one of the most exciting directorial talents we have right now." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 30, 2013
B+ 75% Jigoku de naze warui (Why Don't You Play in Hell?) () " ...an ambivalently loving tribute to both the action movie and filmmaking in general, not so much blood-splattered as blood-drenched. It seems destined to be a midnight movie cult hit, but still feels very much a Sono film." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 30, 2013
B+ 76% Joe () " It's not exactly doing anything new, but it's a muscular and textured piece of work that shifts assuredly through tones and genre, and features a rich and rewarding performance from Cage, and another excellent turn from his young co-star Tye Sheridan" — The Playlist
Posted Aug 30, 2013
B 79% Tracks () " It's a very handsome film with a terrific central performance, even if it's not quite an unqualified triumph. " — The Playlist
Posted Aug 29, 2013
A 97% Gravity (2013) " Gravity is very much an action adventure film, one very occasionally more meditative than most, but it's unashamed in its desire to thrill you. " — The Playlist
Posted Aug 28, 2013
3/5 88% What Maisie Knew (2013) " McGehee and Siegel never find a way to really get inside Maisie's head." — Little White Lies
Posted Aug 22, 2013
B+ 75% Paradise: Faith (2013) " Using the same script-free approach and mix of pros and first-time actors...that's marked his work so far, it's confrontational, abrasive stuff, both in form and content." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 21, 2013
B- 51% Blood (2013) " Not an unreserved success, then, but a smart, well-acted and well-directed picture that adds up to a little more than the sum of its parts. " — The Playlist
Posted Aug 6, 2013
A 97% A Hijacking (2013) " A Hijacking is an absorbing, highly moving film that's lingered heavily on the mind for a couple of days now. " — The Playlist
Posted Jun 20, 2013
A- 83% Berberian Sound Studio (2013) " You might shuffle in your seat a little during the film, but like last year's other unnerving British surprise, Kill List...you come out of the theater on edge and off kilter, amazed at the craft displayed." — The Playlist
Posted Jun 13, 2013
C+ 67% World War Z (2013) " As has been with the trend with tentpoles this summer, World War Z isn't truly bad; it's competently made and has enough memorable moments or scenes to make you walk out feeling like you weren't cheated out of the ticket price." — The Playlist
Posted Jun 7, 2013
C- 84% Fill the Void (2013) " Tonally, the film awkwardly straddles fluffy comedy and grief-stricken melodrama, hopping from one mode to other scene to scene. " — The Playlist
Posted May 23, 2013
C+ 75% Pieta (2013) " The film contains some memorable moments, and a pair of fine performances, but it's hard not to feel that it would have proved more successful if it had stayed on the path it was heading down for the first forty minutes or so." — The Playlist
Posted May 17, 2013
C+ 69% Fast & Furious 6 (2013) " Chances are that you already know if you're seeing "Fast & Furious 6." And in part, that's because there's a certain solid reliability to the series: it does what it's meant to do well, and doesn't really pay much attention to the rest of it. " — The Playlist
Posted May 13, 2013
C+ 87% Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) " Star Trek Into Darkness is a long, long way from a disaster, but it's hard not to feel that Abrams' mystery box turned out to be a bit empty this time out. " — The Playlist
Posted May 3, 2013
B 82% Something in the Air (2013) " It looks great, it sounds great...it'll inspire a hundred magazine photo-shoots, and it's got plenty of substance. " — The Playlist
Posted May 3, 2013
C 67% The Iceman (2013) " It's never a painful watch, more of a faintly dull, seen-it-all-before one. If nothing else, it's evidence that these days, being based on a true story isn't enough to elevate a film in a well-worn genre ahead of the pack." — The Playlist
Posted May 3, 2013
B 79% Iron Man 3 (2013) " The first post-Avengers Phase Two Marvel movie hardly reinvents the wheel, but it's the most strongly authored film we've seen from the studio so far, and one that seemingly sees the company move into slightly different genre territory" — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
B 50% At Any Price (2013) " At Any Price is certainly one of the most impressive reactions to the recent economic crisis (because that's exactly what it is) that cinema has produced so far." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 22, 2013
C- 73% Chicken with Plums (2012) " There are pleasures to be found in Chicken with Plums to be certain, but we'd hope for something a little more satisfying next time out from the directing team." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 14, 2013
D 67% Disconnect (2013) " Despite some fairly decent performances, Disconnect is a film that feels both old fashioned and like old news, revealing nothing that hasn't already been suggested by some half-assed op-ed half a decade ago." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 12, 2013
A- 44% To The Wonder (2013) " It's a certainty that the film will prove divisive as its predecessor, but Malick's latest is a beautiful, heartfelt and raw piece of work." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 11, 2013
B- 54% Oblivion (2013) " Overlong and familiar...it's never especially bad, but neither is it especially excellent, beyond the visual wow factor. But there's still a lot to admire in the film, not least that it's engaging from the first moment to the last." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 10, 2013
A- 69% Trance (2013) " A head-spinning, psychologically rich take on the crime flick. Those who anointed Boyle a national icon after the Olympics will likely be taken aback by the sex and violence, but one senses he's been having too much fun to notice." — The Playlist
Posted Mar 22, 2013
B+ 50% Welcome to the Punch (2013) " For most of the run-time, Welcome To The Punch is thrillingly cinematic, beautifully made, smarter and funnier than you'd expect, and a phenomenal showcase for Creevy and his team." — The Playlist
Posted Mar 11, 2013
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