Christy Lemire
Tomatometer-approved critic
Publications:
Newsweek,
Associated Press,
Canadian Press,
RogerEbert.com,
NPR.org,
What the Flick?!,
ChristyLemire.com,
Breakfast All Day,
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Critics' Group:
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Movie Reviews Only
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2/4 | 67% | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2021) |
The pacing lags, the goofiness sags, and you discover over time that there's not much holding these antics together. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Mar 4, 2021
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3.5/4 | 99% | The Father (2021) |
Writer/director Florian Zeller, adapting his prize-winning, 2012 French play of the same name with the help of the legendary Christopher Hampton, has pulled off a dazzling feat here. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Feb 25, 2021
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3/4 | 80% | I Care a Lot (2021) |
Sure, the blithe, parasitic nature of these characters is disturbing, but the verve of the storytelling on display keeps you hooked, as does the ever-versatile Pike. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Feb 19, 2021
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3/4 | 61% | French Exit (2021) |
Even when the film as a whole grows a little ungainly, as it fills up with supporting characters who feel more like one-note ideas than actual people, Pfeiffer's steely presence anchors the proceedings. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Feb 12, 2021
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3/4 | 91% | Little Fish (2021) |
Hartigan never strikes a hysterical tone, resulting in realistic horror within the recognizable confines of daily life. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Feb 5, 2021
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79% | The Night (2021) |
It's all mood, and I don't know if it necessarily adds up. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jan 29, 2021
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69% | Fake Famous (2021) |
I found a lot of it quite eye-opening. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jan 29, 2021
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93% | True Mothers (Asa ga kuru) (2020) |
An honest and open-hearted exploration of what it takes to be a mom and the decisions you have to make, - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jan 29, 2021
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97% | Atlantis (2019) |
It is viscerally bleak and very slow. I can't say that I enjoyed it, but I really admire the artistry behind it and I admire the intent. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jan 29, 2021
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91% | Beginning (Dasatskisi) (2020) |
It is an incredible debut: so assured, masterful, and chilling in its tone. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jan 29, 2021
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88% | The Dig (2021) |
The performances are really strong... There's a quiet and steady pacing here that allows the actors to reveal their characters quite organically. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jan 29, 2021
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47% | The Little Things (2021) |
This is a film that's been kicking around for about 30 years now, and it really shows. It feels very dated. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jan 29, 2021
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93% | Saint Maud (2020) |
Thrilling, terrifying, and beautifully shot. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jan 29, 2021
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2.5/4 | 67% | Penguin Bloom (2021) |
But despite its feel-good formula, Penguin Bloom still manages to inspire and impress, thanks to some striking visuals and strong performances, namely from star Naomi Watts. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Jan 27, 2021
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2/4 | 34% | No Man's Land (2021) |
For a movie that's about a character on the run, No Man's Land meanders and takes its time in a way that feels conflicting with the narrative. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Jan 22, 2021
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2/4 | 35% | The Marksman (2021) |
There's not much to the character Neeson plays, or anyone else in the film, for that matter. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Jan 15, 2021
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1/4 | 14% | Redemption Day (2021) |
This would-be action thriller offers awkward action and no real thrills. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Jan 8, 2021
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68% | The Last Blockbuster (2020) |
It is so redundant, so repetitive, and so stretched out with various people saying the same thing over and over again. It relies very heavily on a lot of middle-aged white dudes to mansplain why going to rent a video was important. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Dec 22, 2020
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94% | Hunter Hunter (2020) |
It's a very spare slow-burn, and [writer-director] Sean Lindon achieves a lot here... I was impressed by this little movie. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Dec 22, 2020
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47% | Sister of the Groom (2020) |
It's light, it's slight, it's a farce... The escape of it is kind of fun. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Dec 22, 2020
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79% | Greenland (2020) |
I'm shocked at how good this movie is, because on paper it looked totally stupid... Surprisingly gripping and well-done. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Dec 22, 2020
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96% | The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020) |
It's really joyous and bittersweet. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Dec 22, 2020
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98% | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) |
You never forget that you're watching a play on film, but that's okay because the dialogue snaps and leaps -- it's so intense and so exquisite, and yet the emotion beneath it is real. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Dec 22, 2020
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70% | Tenet (2020) |
I am a big fan of [Christopher Nolan's] films -- I usually enjoy the time puzzle of it -- but this seems even more intentionally inaccessible and challenging than everything else... Confusing, distancing, and chilly. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Dec 22, 2020
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2/4 | 59% | Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) |
Gadot remains a winning and winsome figure in Wonder Woman 1984 and she retains her authentic connection with the audience, but the machinery around her has grown larger and unwieldy. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Dec 21, 2020
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1/4 | 45% | Fatale (2020) |
This modern-day take on the Fatal Attraction premise never fulfills its promise as a lurid, guilty pleasure. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Dec 18, 2020
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2/4 | 29% | Wild Mountain Thyme (2020) |
Over and over again, you won't know whether to feel baffled or amused -- although by the end, the former feeling most assuredly dominates the latter. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Dec 11, 2020
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0/4 | 4% | Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020) |
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters isn't really a film. It's a slapdash hodgepodge of scenes, hastily sketched, hideously shot, and erratically edited. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Dec 4, 2020
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.5/4 | 32% | Superintelligence (2019) |
Everything about Superintelligence seems aimed at being as insipid and forgettable as possible. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Nov 27, 2020
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48% | Black Beauty (2020) |
It's like A Dog's Purpose, but with a horse. Pretty, but very cloying. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 25, 2020
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77% | Uncle Frank (2020) |
The first half is definitely more interesting and rang truer to me than the second [half]. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 25, 2020
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91% | The Mystery Of DB Cooper (2020) |
It's fascinating and a lot of fun, but in a larger sense it speaks to the reason why people get fascinated with a story like this. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 25, 2020
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95% | Zappa (2020) |
I appreciated that this wasn't a complete deification of the man... I learned a lot about him that I didn't already know, and it is a good L.A. story, too. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 25, 2020
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82% | Happiest Season (2020) |
This is extremely lovely and I smiled pretty much throughout. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 25, 2020
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77% | The Croods: A New Age (2020) |
They're trying to do a lot of things at once here, and not really accomplishing any of it... This was not a sequel anyone was begging for -- not even my kid. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 25, 2020
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7.4/10 | 96% | Dating Amber (2020) |
I like this a lot. It's really sweet. - Breakfast All Day
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| Posted Nov 20, 2020
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3/4 | 89% | Run (2020) |
You'll be able to figure out where Run is headed pretty quickly, but that doesn't detract from the precise thrills and campy fun along the way. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Nov 20, 2020
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.5/4 | 39% | Chick Fight (2020) |
Not only does Chick Fight trot out sexist character tropes, it also wallows in trite boxing-movie cliches. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Nov 13, 2020
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3/4 | 83% | Let Him Go (2020) |
Understated in its quiet rhythms and vast beauty, [Let Him Go] is fortified with strong performances and, eventually, punctuated by shocking moments of violence. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Nov 5, 2020
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2/4 | 75% | Barefoot: The Mark Baumer Story (2019) |
Barefoot makes the mistake of deifying him posthumously at the expense of rounding him out as a full human being, and it pads its running time with inane footage that grows repetitive. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Oct 27, 2020
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98% | David Byrne's American Utopia (2020) |
This is my favorite movie of the year, so far. It is the dose of pure joy that we need right now. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Oct 23, 2020
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85% | Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) |
It's not as good as the first Borat -- nothing could be -- but I laughed a lot. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Oct 23, 2020
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87% | On The Rocks (2020) |
It is a very old-fashioned New York screwball comedy, but the details of the day in and day out existence of this family are so contemporary and feels so true. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Oct 23, 2020
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62% | Bad Hair (2020) |
I love this movie. It is so weird -- small, strange, and fun. An unabashed B-horror movie, but it's got a lot more on its mind. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Oct 23, 2020
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94% | Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You (2020) |
An incredibly beautiful documentary... It's very illuminating. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Oct 23, 2020
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100% | Nationtime (1972) |
It's fascinating and unfortunately still too relevant. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Oct 23, 2020
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70% | American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself (2020) |
If you want to relive this horrific year we're in, here is American Selfie. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Oct 23, 2020
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1/4 | 61% | A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020) |
It's hard to figure out exactly what Talalay and Co. are aiming for here. Babysitter's Guide is never truly scary but it's also never all that funny. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Oct 16, 2020
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2/4 | 39% | Honest Thief (2020) |
A no-frills, low-thrills version of the kind of gritty action picture that has marked the veteran actor's late-stage career. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Oct 16, 2020
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1/4 | 30% | The War with Grandpa (2020) |
An extended, whiny screed about extreme first-world problems. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Oct 9, 2020
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