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Brad Wheeler

Brad Wheeler's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Globe and Mail contributor.

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The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop (2024) 85% EDIT “A film of unfulfilled promise that frustrates as much as it charms. Like an annoying Monopoly player, director Ennis refuses to play by the rules.” – Globe and Mail Jun 21, 2025 Full Review Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025) 14% EDIT “These are two profoundly broken people who together, unfortunately, do not add up to one movie.” – Globe and Mail May 15, 2025 Full Review Better Man (2024) 89% EDIT “The irony of Better Man is that a chimpanzee representation makes the man all the more human.” – Globe and Mail Dec 20, 2024 Full Review Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (2024) 100% EDIT “Denied a second act, Shane is recognized with a heartfelt film that celebrates an undersung icon who lived her authentic self, sparkled on her own terms and defied the squares.” – Globe and Mail Aug 16, 2024 Full Review I Am: Celine Dion (2024) 100% EDIT “An affecting pageant of intense emotional moments chronicling the Quebec singer’s struggle with stiff person syndrome.” – Globe and Mail Jun 18, 2024 Full Review The Beach Boys (2024) 89% EDIT “Crisply chronicles the rise and fall of a sun-splashed act that was as American as apple pie and rise-and-falls. The band’s “Wouldn’t it be nice” notion was fantasy. ” – Globe and Mail May 24, 2024 Full Review Civil War (2024) 81% EDIT “Raw and electrically presented, Civil War is an ugly odyssey and an audacious premonition.” – Globe and Mail Apr 10, 2024 Full Review Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) 42% EDIT “Aykroyd, who co-wrote the summer of 1984 blockbuster with the late Harold Ramis, is the heart and soul of a film that sets new against old.” – Globe and Mail Mar 21, 2024 Full Review Bob Marley: One Love (2024) 43% EDIT “Although One Love is not a great music biopic, it serves as an acceptable portrait of the man.” – Globe and Mail Feb 14, 2024 Full Review Dreamin' Wild (2022) 90% EDIT “[The] feelgood story of a long dormant musical dream finally realized was enough to earn major press attention, but is it enough for a feature-length film? Probably not, which is why writer-director Pohlad piled on the melodrama and leaned into clichés.” – Globe and Mail Aug 23, 2023 Full Review Lightheaded: A Gordon Lightfoot State of Mind (2022) EDIT “If Lightheaded is not perfect, it is perfectly acceptable as a warmly told story about kinship forged by shared musical tastes.” – Globe and Mail Jul 1, 2023 Full Review Down for Life (2009) 3/5 EDIT “Disturbingly frank, the film assaults its viewers, but in a very effective way.” – Globe and Mail May 26, 2023 Full Review The Mask (1961) 67% 1/4 EDIT “The Mask was low-budget in 1961, and that its kitschy appeal will be limited to genre fetishists and popcorn-chomping ironists in 2015.” – Globe and Mail May 8, 2023 Full Review The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile (2022) 92% EDIT “Tucker’s life is presented as a redemptive story, with sentimentality torqued whenever possible.” – Globe and Mail Nov 2, 2022 Full Review Moonage Daydream (2022) 92% EDIT “Freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah.” – Globe and Mail Sep 15, 2022 Full Review Day Shift (2022) 57% EDIT “Foxx, a gifted comedic actor, is rarely given anything funny to say. Neither is co-star Dave Franco, which is fine because zingers would have been wasted on him anyway.” – Globe and Mail Aug 12, 2022 Full Review Country Gold (2022) 88% EDIT “[A] thoughtful, offbeat dark comedy...” – Globe and Mail Aug 1, 2022 Full Review Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song (2021) 88% EDIT “Mainstream audiences... will appreciate the context and the pairing of song and subject: Hallelujah mixes sex and spirituality, as did the libidinous Buddhist.” – Globe and Mail Jul 14, 2022 Full Review Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel (2022) 69% EDIT “Above all else a meditation on the value of artists and places where they can make their art.” – Globe and Mail Jul 7, 2022 Full Review The Survivor (2021) 86% EDIT “Foster’s emotionally sinewy portrayal of Haft is commanding and nuanced.” – Globe and Mail Apr 27, 2022 Full Review Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood (2022) 91% EDIT “More time capsule than space capsule, and too nostalgic by half.” – Globe and Mail Mar 24, 2022 Full Review Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) 31% EDIT “Texas Chainsaw Massacre is what it says it is. You have your Texas, your chainsaw, your massacre.” – Globe and Mail Feb 18, 2022 Full Review The Cursed (2021) 71% EDIT “This is a werewolf film, the viewers should know. But there is no ow-woo to be had. This is no ordinary slash-and-snarl fandango.” – Globe and Mail Feb 17, 2022 Full Review Agnes (2021) 68% EDIT “Constantly surprises and entertains throughout.” – Globe and Mail Dec 9, 2021 Full Review Only the Animals (2019) 93% EDIT “One or two of the story turns are far-fetched, but the delicious absurdism of the situations are worth any contrivances. Only the Animals unfolds beautifully.” – Globe and Mail Nov 3, 2021 Full Review
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