JM Mutore

JM Mutore
JM Mutore's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s): Birth.Movies.Death.
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Movie Reviews Only

T-Meter Title | Year
73% Black Box (2020) There's so little to say about Black Box's characters or themes because the script is wearily ornamented around a single, lackluster twist. - Pajiba EDIT
Read More | Posted Oct 7, 2020
97% The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019) When a movie is packed with this much craft and topical import...I feel obligated as a film fan to tell as many people as possible about the cinematic experience they may be missing out on. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Dec 3, 2019
83% Queen & Slim (2019) The film wants so badly to inspire and impart meaning that it forgets to include interiority and nuance. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Nov 22, 2019
91% Burning Cane (2019) At nineteen years old, Phillip Youmans has made an authentic drama that a lot of indie directors would still be striving for on their second or third feature. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Oct 28, 2019
90% Blood Quantum (2020) One reason why Jeff Barnaby's First Nations zombie-fighting thriller Blood Quantum is so magnificent is because it blends a well-worn genre with a refreshing, lived-in sense of indigenous heritage. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Oct 23, 2019
63% Motherless Brooklyn (2019) Unfortunately, Norton's noir opus is a mixed bag of big ideas and generic themes, stifled by an even more generic presentation. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Oct 14, 2019
86% Zombi Child (2020) Zombi Child ends strongly, telling a powerful story of generational trauma, and re-codifying the meaning of the zombie for new thematic resonance. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Sep 30, 2019
86% Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019) A highly enjoyable and moderately informative documentary about the history of kung fu cinema. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Sep 27, 2019
79% The Platform (El Hoyo) (2020) The Platform is my favorite kind of genre film: one that presents a completely fantastical idea, grounds it with a kind of internal logic, and then propels that idea to its psychological and emotional extremes. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Sep 24, 2019
55% The Antenna (Bina) (2020) The Antenna is way too simple to warrant the time and attention it begs of its audience. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Sep 23, 2019
95% Sweetheart (2019) Sweetheart has a lot of good things going for it. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Sep 23, 2019
58% In the Shadow of the Moon (2019) The most troubling part about In the Shadow of the Moon is how boring it is, but coming in at a close second is its dreadful thematic content. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Sep 23, 2019
87% 1BR (2020) 1BR is the type of horror film that I live for, one that's grounded in character, with tense, dramatically unfolding set-pieces, and scenes that make me squirm with equal parts terror and delight. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Aug 8, 2019
26% Killerman (2019) Without the interesting character work or genuine misanthropy of those films, the grittiness of this Liam Hemsworth-vehicle just isn't that convincing. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Jul 24, 2019
No Score Yet One Bedroom (2019) 1BR is the type of horror film that I live for, one that's grounded in character, with tense, dramatically unfolding set-pieces, and scenes that make me squirm with equal parts terror and delight. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Jul 22, 2019
67% Sons of Denmark (Danmarks sønner) (2019) A film that examines terror-driven violence in all of its most seductive forms. - Birth.Movies.Death. EDIT
Read More | Posted Jul 16, 2019