Erik Adams
Tomatometer-approved critic
| Publications: | AV Club |
Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| C- | 23% | The Happytime Murders (2018) |
The knowing handling of noir conventions and clever metaphor for race relations of Brian Henson's R-rated fluff bath were all treated with greater grace and more panache 31 years ago in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.‐ AV Club
Read More | Posted Aug 23, 2018
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| B- | 95% | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018) |
More than any cradle-to-grave narrative, these are the primary reasons to accept the documentary's titular summons: to witness Williams' artistry all over again, to see something unseen from a performer who was so ubiquitous and so prolific.‐ AV Club
Read More | Posted Jul 17, 2018
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| A | 100% | Chris Gethard: Career Suicide (2017) |
Career Suicide is suffused with that spirit, a display of Gethard's deft ability to balance confessional honesty with a keen nose for the absurd.‐ AV Club
Read More | Posted Jan 9, 2018
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| 100% | Patton Oswalt: Annihilation (2017) |
The sheer honesty of his storytelling bringing a sold-out crowd to a hush, his manner of digging humor out of the trauma eliciting peals of laughter.‐ AV Club
Read More | Posted Oct 26, 2017
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| C | 60% | Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015) |
A modern-day fairy tale starring fantastical creatures who communicate in Mad magazine sound effects ("Burble," "Zorp," "Squonk," and "Thwring") ought to feel a little more unconventional than Turkey Hollow.‐ AV Club
Read More | Posted Nov 20, 2015
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| B | 90% | Love & Mercy (2015) |
Love & Mercy is so emotionally acute, it doesn't matter if some of the words turn out all wrong.‐ AV Club
Read More | Posted Jun 4, 2015
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| B | 89% | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (2014) |
Marrying that source material to the stop-motion components of the original Elf, Buddy's Musical Christmas won't supplant its big-screen inspiration-but it sure is a sight to behold.‐ AV Club
Read More | Posted Dec 16, 2014
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| B- | 80% | Muppets Most Wanted (2014) |
The Muppets are creatures of indulgence, and their sense of humor is one of excess. Muppets Most Wanted is a mess of a movie, but anything tidier would be a poor fit.‐ AV Club
Read More | Posted Mar 20, 2014
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| C | 30% | Date And Switch (2014) |
It's a movie about being true to yourself that's reluctant to let its real character show. At any point that it looks likely to tweak sex-comedy convention or get truly weird, it reverses course at the last minute.‐ AV Club
Read More | Posted Feb 13, 2014
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