Jackie K. Cooper
Tomatometer-approved critic
Publications:
Entertainment Insiders,
jackiekcooper.com,
Huffington Post
Critics' Group:
Broadcast Film Critics Association,
Southeastern Film Critics Association
Movie Reviews Only
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6/10 | 33% | No Man's Land (2021) |
A well acted modern day western co-written by its leading man. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Jan 25, 2021
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7/10 | 84% | Our Friend (2020) |
Mash together "Love Story", "Brian's Song" and "Terms of Endearment" and you have the mood of "Our Friend." Hard to watch but emotionally satisfying. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Jan 22, 2021
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5/10 | No Score Yet | A Stone in the Water (2019) |
Bonnie Bedelia is an actress of great talent but that talent is misused in this barely average melodrama. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Jan 22, 2021
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7/10 | 100% | Minari (2020) |
An engrossing story of one family's dream. But it never touched me as emotionally as I wanted it to do. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Jan 15, 2021
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6/10 | 78% | Shadow in the Cloud (2021) |
The wildest movie I have seen in a while. The movie is totally enjoyably bonkers! - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Jan 15, 2021
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4/10 | 33% | The One You Feed (2020) |
Brings to mind the old song "Torn Between Two Lovers." This movie is complex and confusing but still intriguing. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Jan 14, 2021
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6/10 | 64% | Stars Fell on Alabama (2021) |
It is a predictable romcom but still a pleasure to watch. Plus we get to answer the question - whatever happened to Taylor Hicks? - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Jan 13, 2021
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6/10 | 34% | The Marksman (2021) |
If you are a Liam Neeson fan then this one's for you. He is in action hero mode for the movie while showing a gentle side to a young kid he protects. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Jan 13, 2021
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5/10 | 50% | The Midnight Sky (2020) |
George Clooney adds another title to his long list of meh movies. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Jan 11, 2021
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8/10 | 98% | One Night in Miami (2020) |
What an auspicious directorial debut for Regina King! It is a talky movie but what they are talking about is so interesting and important. Stellar cast, stellar script, stellar direction. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Jan 9, 2021
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4/10 | 60% | Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) |
On the positive side there is Gal Gadot. On the negative side there is the script, the setting, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Jan 6, 2021
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7/10 | 93% | Another Round (Druk) (2020) |
You can argue about the message the movie is sending but you can't argue about the excellent performance by Mads Mikkelsen. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 29, 2020
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8/10 | 100% | Driveways (2020) |
One of Dennehy's best performances in one of his best movies. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 29, 2020
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7/10 | 87% | News of the World (2020) |
Helena Zengel steps into Natalie Wood's shoes and Tom Hanks plays the John Wayne role in this "sequel" to "The Searchers." - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 24, 2020
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7/10 | 93% | Hunter Hunter (2020) |
This movie about a family living in a remote area of woods had me squirming even before the shock of the story hit. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 23, 2020
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7/10 | 96% | Soul (2020) |
A really good Pixar animated film but not as good as I expected. A little less tine with the "blobs" would have sufficed. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 23, 2020
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5/10 | 50% | Modern Persuasion (2020) |
A modern version of Jane Austen's Persuasion that isn't very modern and not at all persuadable. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 22, 2020
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5/10 | 73% | Greenland (2020) |
Just an average "end of the world" movie. Butler and Baccarin couldn't have any less chemistry if they tried. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 22, 2020
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6/10 | 46% | Fatale (2020) |
Hillary Swank does best in substantive films. This one is fun and twisty but not substantive. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 18, 2020
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7/10 | 76% | Wander Darkly (2020) |
Sienna Miller shines as a woman putting together pieces of memories that add up to a breathtaking solution. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 18, 2020
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5/10 | 44% | Holidate (2020) |
I liked every one of the actors in this film but I didn't like the quagmire of crudeness that permeated just about every scene. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 18, 2020
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4/10 | 47% | Sister of the Groom (2020) |
As much as I like Alicia Silverstone she could not save this confused and contrived comedy. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 18, 2020
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6/10 | 91% | Promising Young Woman (2020) |
The two leads, Mulligan and Burnham, seem miscast but the rest of the movie is fascinating. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 16, 2020
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6/10 | 31% | The Stand In (2020) |
In a role seemingly written for Melissa McCarthy, Drew Barrymore makes this film a fun two hours and reminds us of how much we enjoy her on screen. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 12, 2020
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6/10 | 82% | Mank (2020) |
Gary Oldman's performance makes the movie worth seeing. The script does not. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 11, 2020
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5/10 | 96% | Nomadland (2020) |
McDormand is great. The movie wanders in the worst sense of the word. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 11, 2020
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8/10 | 28% | Wild Mountain Thyme (2020) |
Blunt and Dornan make a winning combination in this sweet tale by John Patrick Shanley. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 9, 2020
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9/10 | 57% | The Prom (2020) |
It delivers it all - the music, the message and the overall celebration. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 9, 2020
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6/10 | 98% | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) |
Too much talk and not enough action, but the talents of Davis Bozeman and Turman are on full display. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 4, 2020
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6/10 | 89% | Let Them All Talk (2020) |
And they do talk on and on and on - but the acting is fresh and enjoyable. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 4, 2020
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5/10 | 4% | Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020) |
The movie starts out as a disaster but climbs up to average entertainment status. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 3, 2020
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5/10 | 81% | I'm Your Woman (2020) |
I am a Brosnahan fan but this is not a "Marvelous" movie. She's good but the movie never ties you to her character. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Dec 3, 2020
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7/10 | 96% | Sound of Metal (2020) |
A fascinating story told in an entertaining way and highlighted by a brilliant acting performance by Riz Ahmed - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 27, 2020
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6/10 | 64% | Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (2020) |
Deck the halls with joys of Dolly in this musically entertaining family treat. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 27, 2020
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5/10 | 28% | Vanguard (2020) |
Jackie Chan is still agile but this movie just limps along from comedy to drama, never knowing which side to choose. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 27, 2020
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5/10 | 64% | Girl (2020) |
Bella Thorne is a talented actress but this movie is average at best. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 26, 2020
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4/10 | 32% | Superintelligence (2019) |
Another notch in Melissa McCarthy's career downward trend. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 26, 2020
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7/10 | 77% | The Croods: A New Age (2020) |
The script, the voice actors, the animation all come together to make this an outstanding family film. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 25, 2020
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4/10 | 37% | Echo Boomers (2020) |
Some good talent wasted in a run of the mill story. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 21, 2020
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7/10 | 70% | The Last Vermeer (2020) |
An unusually engrossing movie about art forgery. Guy Pierce and Claes Bang are outstanding. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 21, 2020
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4/10 | 17% | Buddy Games (2019) |
A bunch of talented guys, led by Josh Duhamel, got together and made a terrible movie. Hope they had fun. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 19, 2020
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4/10 | 17% | Dead Reckoning (2020) |
Just a let down in every way from the direction to the cast to the plot. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 19, 2020
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7/10 | 83% | Freaky (2020) |
A fresh look at the "Freaky Friday" concept. Vince vaughn is the standout as he portrays a big, hulking guy with a sweet seventeen year old's brain. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 18, 2020
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7/10 | 93% | The Life Ahead (2020) |
Sophia Loren is back and in a vehicle worthy of her talent. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 15, 2020
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5/10 | 67% | Ammonite (2020) |
A bleak , dreary film that centers on a non-convincing love affair between the two lead female characters. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 15, 2020
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6/10 | 26% | Hillbilly Elegy (2020) |
The acting is great but Ron Howard, where is the heart of the story? - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 11, 2020
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3/10 | 50% | The Giant (2019) |
The movie though fairly well acted is too confusing plot wise to be entertaining. Plus the =characters are murky. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 10, 2020
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4/10 | 45% | Fatman (2020) |
Who talked Mel Gibson and Walton Goggins into this mess? Supposedly a dark comedy, it is instead a non-funny violent film. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 10, 2020
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8/10 | 82% | Let Him Go (2020) |
A movie so engrossing you can sink your teeth into it. Western gothic with a flourish. Costner and Lane are at the top of their game. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 9, 2020
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6/10 | 90% | The Dark and the Wicked (2020) |
The acting, direction, pacing, cinematography and storyline make this one worth watching. - jackiekcooper.com
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| Posted Nov 5, 2020
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