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Josh Lasser

Josh Lasser's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

Josh Lasser is a freelance film & television critic and host of the "Lass is More" podcast. He can be found on twitter (@tvandfilmguy) and at his blog: http://www.tvandfilmguy.com.

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Movies TV Shows
Gemini (2017) 70% 5.7/10 EDIT “Katz, serving as writer, director, and editor of the movie, sets the scene brilliantly. What he fails to do is serve up a story that is remotely worthy of its trappings.” – IGN Movies Mar 29, 2018 Full Review Suburbicon (2017) 27% 4.9/10 EDIT “Suburbicon offers a cursory depiction of racism but never delves as deeply into it as it should, making it another missed opportunity.” – IGN Movies Oct 26, 2017 Full Review The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017) 92% 8.8/10 EDIT “Noah Baumbach succeeds in The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) in fine fashion, delicately balancing serious issues with lighthearted moments - it is a movie that is equally adept at making the audience cry as it is with making them laugh.” – IGN Movies Oct 13, 2017 Full Review mother! (2017) 68% 6.5/10 EDIT “Although Darren Aronofsky's mother! can be an exceptionally frustrating film, one never doubts that behind it there is a vision of what it all means.” – IGN Movies Sep 14, 2017 Full Review Leap! (2016) 52% 5.7/10 EDIT “Upon closer examination, the tale of empowerment is not a terribly strong one.” – IGN Movies Aug 24, 2017 Full Review An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) 80% 7/10 EDIT “While not as powerful as its predecessor, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power is a compelling documentary.” – IGN Movies Aug 1, 2017 Full Review Girls Trip (2017) 91% 5.2/10 EDIT “Were the jokes in Girls Trip funnier it would be far easier to overlook the flaws which mar the experience. There are some laughs to be had in the movie, but the balance of serious elements and humor never feels right.” – IGN Movies Jul 14, 2017 Full Review Rough Night (2017) 45% 6/10 EDIT “[Rough Night] offers some decent laughs and performances, but is mostly unremarkable.” – IGN Movies Jun 15, 2017 Full Review War Machine (2017) 48% 5.2/10 EDIT “If, however, you're looking for insight you might be better off watching Dr. Strangelove again.” – IGN Movies May 25, 2017 Full Review King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) 31% 4.5/10 EDIT “The movie's unwillingness to simply show what is happening, and its incessant desire to be clever and funny, go too far and become off-putting.” – IGN Movies May 11, 2017 Full Review I Am Heath Ledger (2017) 86% 6.2/10 EDIT “I Am Heath Ledger feels like a glancing take on the actor. It takes us through his professional life, and some of his personal one, but it never provides a full picture of him.” – IGN Movies May 4, 2017 Full Review Sand Castle (2017) 47% 8.0/10 EDIT “Sand Castle is a movie full of tension and fear and which makes sure the audience is right there with the soldiers throughout.” – IGN Movies May 4, 2017 Full Review The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) 64% 5.8/10 EDIT “No one can doubt that Antonina, Jan, and everyone else at the zoo underwent severe hardships; their accomplishment of saving hundreds of lives over the course of the war should certainly be acknowledged, but it is worthy of a better overall film.” – IGN Movies Apr 6, 2017 Full Review The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) 77% 4.8/10 EDIT “It is perfectly content with its obvious and easy twists and never fully builds a deeper reasoning or logic to them. It is creepy mutterings and indistinct voices and ominous dialogue used in service of little more than their own existence.” – IGN Movies Mar 24, 2017 Full Review The Red Turtle (2016) 93% 9.5/10 EDIT “It is this delicate thing, capable of making an audience laugh and cry and smile all at the same time. It is not to be missed.” – IGN Movies Feb 14, 2017 Full Review Fifty Shades Darker (2017) 11% 3.9/10 EDIT “The last movie in the trilogy is due out in a year's time so perhaps it will cause all that has preceded it to make more sense.” – IGN Movies Feb 10, 2017 Full Review My Life as a Zucchini (2016) 99% 9/10 EDIT “It is a wish upon a star fulfilled.” – IGN Movies Feb 6, 2017 Full Review Lion (2016) 84% 8.3/10 EDIT “Lion offers a tale that is incredibly unique and yet, at the same time, utterly universal.” – IGN Movies Jan 10, 2017 Full Review Silence (2016) 83% 7.5/10 EDIT “Sitting in the middle of Silence is a powerful, intelligent, moving, series of thoughts about how religions might change and shift and adapt when they move from country to country, from people to people.” – IGN Movies Dec 18, 2016 Full Review Collateral Beauty (2016) 14% 3.9/10 EDIT “Collateral Beauty is a perplexing film, a movie that feels so excited to get to specific moments that it completely bypasses any logic on how such moments can be arrived at.” – IGN Movies Dec 14, 2016 Full Review The Lure (2015) 89% 7.3/10 EDIT “Like Silver and Golden, it has the power to both attract and repel in equal measure, but manages to use both to seduce an audience.” – IGN Movies Dec 13, 2016 Full Review Frank & Lola (2016) 68% 4.3/10 EDIT “There is, without a doubt, an intensity to the performances given by Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots... The result though is a movie that is unrelenting in its grim outlook.” – IGN Movies Dec 9, 2016 Full Review The Eyes of My Mother (2016) 78% 8/10 EDIT “The Eyes of My Mother is haunting, beautiful, sad, and touching all at the same time.” – IGN Movies Nov 30, 2016 Full Review Man Down (2015) 17% 6.1/10 EDIT “When it is at its best, Man Down is a powerful film, but it is a movie so caught up in the trappings of storytelling and a big reveal, that all too often it trips over its own feet.” – IGN Movies Nov 30, 2016 Full Review The Monster (2016) 81% 6.8/10 EDIT “Bertino's film is a great setup but one which doesn't move forward from that setup in interesting ways.” – IGN Movies Nov 23, 2016 Full Review
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