Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer when
published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
London Evening Standard,
Screen International,
Daily Express (UK),
The List
Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 3/5 | 34% | The Leisure Seeker (2018) |
Mirren and a dignified Sutherland remain fully committed to the characters and it is the affection we retain for them that makes this modest effort mildly endearing.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Apr 16, 2018
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| 4/5 | 73% | Never Steady, Never Still (2017) |
Immerses us in the harsh landscapes of a wintry British Columbia and in the bleak lives of individuals for whom family is a deep comfort and a grave concern.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Apr 16, 2018
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| 4/5 | 95% | Western (2018) |
A thoughtful tale of identity, flawed masculinity and the way past actions constantly haunt the present.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 14, 2018
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| 4/5 | 94% | Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017) |
A striking feminist twist on a traditional western.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 14, 2018
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| 4/5 | 94% | Custody (Jusqu'à la garde) (2017) |
Custody starts quietly but by the end you will be holding your breath and perched on the very edge of your seat.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 14, 2018
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| 4/5 | 77% | A Gentle Creature (2017) |
This challenging film requires some patience but the reward is a portrait of Russia that feels like a howl of anguish.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 14, 2018
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| 100% | Even When I Fall (2017) |
Even When I Fall is understated and unobtrusive, allowing us to share intimate moments in the rooftop conversations between Saraswoti and Sheetal and times when they trade stories with other girls rescued from Indian circuses. ‐ Screen International
Read More | Posted Apr 13, 2018
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| 3/5 | 44% | You, Me and Him (2018) |
A likeable if lightweight romp with a talented cast and some crowd-pleasing comic highlights.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 13, 2018
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| 4/5 | 77% | A Gentle Creature (2017) |
A bleak, angry epic painting a despairing state-of-the-nation portrait of a Russia that feels more like a lawless frontier state than a modern nation.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Apr 9, 2018
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| 4/5 | 95% | Western (2018) |
Reworking familiar genre ingredients, from the mysterious loner to a close-knit rural community, it touches lightly on issues of European identity, toxic masculinity and the way the past never quite surrenders its grip over the present.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Apr 9, 2018
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| 5/5 | 98% | BPM (Beats Per Minute) (120 battements par minute) (2017) |
A deeply human drama, which celebrates the power of activism to awaken an indifferent world.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 6, 2018
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| 3/5 | 79% | I Kill Giants (2018) |
An imaginative coming-of-age drama that degenerates into a full-blown tearjerker.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 6, 2018
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| 4/5 | 95% | A Quiet Place (2018) |
It probably doesn't pay to examine the logic of A Quiet Place too closely but it is highly effective as an exercise in terror and in how people live with the realisation that one noisy false move could spell disaster.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 6, 2018
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| 4/5 | 92% | Love, Simon (2018) |
Love, Simon is sweet, funny and immensely likeable and should persuade even the hardest heart that everyone deserves a great love story.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 6, 2018
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| 3/5 | 67% | Wonderstruck (2017) |
A charming adaptation of the Brian Selznick children's novel.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 6, 2018
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| 3/5 | 86% | Thoroughbreds (2018) |
Dripping with malice and deadpan wit, Thoroughbreds is overly mannered but often devilishly entertaining.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 6, 2018
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| 3/5 | 84% | Ghost Stories (2018) |
Ghost Stories piles on the atmosphere as things go bump in the night, demons crawl out of pitch-black woods and inanimate objects take on a life of their own.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Apr 6, 2018
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| 16% | All I Wish (A Little Something for Your Birthday) (2018) |
All I Wish offers a combination of mid-life crisis and conventional romantic comedy but never feels entirely coherent or believable.‐ Screen International
Read More | Posted Mar 29, 2018
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| 3/5 | 39% | A Wrinkle in Time (2018) |
A Wrinkle In Time is obvious and wears its heart on its sleeve but it still offers imaginative, warm-hearted children's entertainment ...‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 23, 2018
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| 4/5 | 35% | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017) |
Some of the detail about Felt's private life feels like a distraction but this is mostly a solid, absorbing political drama.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 23, 2018
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| 3/5 | 79% | Unsane (2018) |
Entertaining grand guignol nonsense that is not to be taken seriously.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 23, 2018
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| 4/5 | 91% | I got life! (Aurore) (2017) |
An endearing and warm-hearted French charmer.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 23, 2018
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| 3/5 | 75% | Crowhurst (2017) |
[An] intense, imaginative production.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 23, 2018
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| 4/5 | 90% | The Third Murder (Sandome no satsujin) (2017) |
A sombre, thought-provoking film.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 23, 2018
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| 3/5 | 79% | Unsane (2018) |
Well-made and entertaining, Unsane is the kind of unpretentious fare that almost gives lurid, grand guignol B-movies a good name.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 19, 2018
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| 3/5 | 35% | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017) |
A solidly absorbing drama held together by Neeson's stern, steely performance.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 19, 2018
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| 3/5 | 94% | Gook (2017) |
A powerful tale of kinship in the face of adversity.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 18, 2018
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| 2/5 | 42% | Mary Magdalene (2018) |
This is a dull, underwhelming plod of a production.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 18, 2018
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| 2/5 | 62% | Peter Rabbit (2018) |
What have they done to our beloved bunny?‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 16, 2018
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| 3/5 | 49% | Tomb Raider (2018) |
Tomb Raider comes alive when the pressure is on and the odds of success feel impossible. But for all its effort and efficiency, it still feels soulless and more than a little old-fashioned.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 16, 2018
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| 4/5 | 84% | The Square (2017) |
A bracingly original satire that highlights the growing divide between rich and poor and the failings of modern man.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 16, 2018
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| 4/5 | 88% | My Golden Days (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse) (2016) |
Desplechin allows the search for lost times to unfold with a light touch, a vivid sense of Paris in the 1980s and 1990s, and a cast who bring freshness and vitality to the most familiar ingredients of a first great love. It has been well worth the wait.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 13, 2018
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| 4/5 | 96% | Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) |
She lived an amazing life, tasting all the rewards and pitfalls of fame. But this is a woman who never had the chance to show her full potential.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 9, 2018
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| 2/5 | 0% | Walk Like a Panther (2018) |
There is little chance to explore the poignancy of the situation or find any real heart in the shenanigans, as it strictly adheres to a cheer-the-underdog formula.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 7, 2018
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| 4/5 | 86% | The Divine Order (Die göttliche Ordnung) (2017) |
Volpe brings the lightest of touches to a tale that runs along familiar lines, but there is sufficient grit to counteract the cosier elements and an irresistible central performance from Marie Leuenberger.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 5, 2018
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| 4/5 | 82% | Game Night (2018) |
This slippery, cartoonish jape is constantly springing little surprises and knocking you off balance with its unexpected twists.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 2, 2018
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| 3/5 | 47% | Red Sparrow (2018) |
Red Sparrow is the kind of outrageous nonsense that might pass the time on a long-haul flight.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 2, 2018
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| 4/5 | 94% | A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica) (2018) |
A compassionate, compelling tale for anyone who loves a good Pedro Almodóvar melodrama.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 2, 2018
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| 3/5 | 86% | The Nile Hilton Incident (2017) |
Director Tarik Saleh's thriller may be set during the protests of 2011 but the storyline could have come from the pages of a Raymond Chandler novel.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 2, 2018
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| 3/5 | 70% | Erase and Forget (2017) |
He comes across as a dangerous cocktail of fact and fantasy who could be the father of fake news.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 2, 2018
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| 1/5 | 10% | Monster Family (2018) |
This irritating hodgepodge is completely devoid of charm.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 2, 2018
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| 4/5 | 90% | I, Tonya (2018) |
Robbie never plays her as a victim. Instead she invests her with all the determination and grit of a born survivor who takes all the blows and still comes out fighting.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Feb 25, 2018
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| 2/5 | 43% | Native (2016) |
Graves and Kendrick give their all to an intriguing, resourceful but underwhelming production.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Feb 25, 2018
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| 3/5 | 76% | Dark River (2017) |
Dark River is beautiful but glum and uncomfortably melodramatic.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Feb 25, 2018
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| 3/5 | 25% | Birth of the Dragon (2017) |
The film comes alive during the energetic fight sequences.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Feb 25, 2018
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| 3/5 | 75% | The Touch (1971) |
A jagged, mournful tale in which love makes fools of everyone.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Feb 25, 2018
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| 3/5 | 69% | Finding Your Feet (2018) |
The cast lend charm to this feelgood fairy tale and Celia Imrie is especially good as the inspiring Bif.‐ Daily Express (UK)
Read More | Posted Feb 25, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Mug (Twarz) (2018) |
Offers a caustic report on the state of modern Poland but is equally approachable by any audience looking for some bitter truths about what lies behind the surface of a carefully manufactured image.‐ Screen International
Read More | Posted Feb 23, 2018
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| 80% | Ramen Shop (Ramen teh) (2018) |
Khoo's gentle drama may be too slight and sentimental for some tastes but it is handled with a sincerity that could commend it to incurable romantics and insatiable foodies alike.‐ Screen International
Read More | Posted Feb 22, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Land (2018) |
Feels as plaintive as a howling wind on a lonely prairie.‐ Screen International
Read More | Posted Feb 19, 2018
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