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Matthew Jacobs

Matthew Jacobs's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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Another Simple Favor (2025) 58% EDIT “Feig said Another Simple Favor is the first sequel he’s made because sequels so rarely work. This one doesn’t prove him wrong. At the same time, it’s an amusing enough diversion that makes sense as a Prime Video release.” – The Daily Beast Jun 10, 2025 Full Review Cassandro (2023) 91% 6.2/10 EDIT “Even though it lands a bit softly by the finale, Cassandro's celebratory spirit taps into a dynamic slice of history unfamiliar to most Americans.” – TV Guide Sep 18, 2023 Full Review Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) 75% 4.8/10 EDIT “Red, White & Royal Blue occupies an awkward middle ground: too pat to be sophisticated but too evocative to be infantilizing.” – TV Guide Aug 10, 2023 Full Review Peter Pan & Wendy (2023) 63% 4.2/10 EDIT “It's caught between the mature treatment Lowery likely had in mind and the Disney-friendly imperatives that make Peter Pan & Wendy watery.” – TV Guide Apr 28, 2023 Full Review National Anthem (2023) 91% EDIT “National Anthem grants familiar coming-of-age beats a fresh backdrop.” – New York Magazine/Vulture Mar 20, 2023 Full Review Problemista (2023) 85% 4/5 EDIT “Torres’s directorial eye is wholly his own, though one can see shades of Miranda July, Michel Gondry, and Charlie Kaufman in Problemista.” – New York Magazine/Vulture Mar 15, 2023 Full Review Sharper (2023) 68% 4.2/10 EDIT “Everything is stylish, well-plotted, and soulless. If a Julianne Moore heel turn doesn't ignite much electricity, you know a movie's done messed up.” – TV Guide Feb 7, 2023 Full Review A Little Prayer (2023) 93% EDIT “Lest you think we're dealing with some dour melodrama, know that A Little Prayer is lovely, restrained, and often quite funny.” – The Daily Beast Jan 27, 2023 Full Review A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) 79% 2.7/10 EDIT “Sure, it's just a harmless sequel, but A Christmas Story Christmas might leave you feeling like the adult Ralphie did in 1983, peering into the snow globe of your memories to recall a more idealized time. ” – TV Guide Nov 16, 2022 Full Review Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) 65% 3.8/10 EDIT “In shedding the original's director, peppering the Salem scenery with CGI that looks garish instead of kitschy, and reuniting the oft-impersonated witch trio nearly 30 years later, something was bound to get lost. You can't brew the same potion twice. ” – TV Guide Oct 7, 2022 Full Review X (2022) 94% EDIT “X is scary, fun, bitter, and just as ridiculous as the real world.” – Thrillist Mar 14, 2022 Full Review Marry Me (2022) 61% EDIT “One has to admire Lopez’s commitment to scripts this witless, baffling, and delightful.” – Thrillist Feb 12, 2022 Full Review Speak No Evil (2022) 83% EDIT “An unsettling thriller about the lengths people will go to appease even the starkest of strangers, Speak No Evil is a vacation-gone-wrong movie done right.” – Thrillist Jan 28, 2022 Full Review A Love Song (2022) 95% EDIT “A sweet addition to the "two lonely souls unite" canon, A Love Song gives veteran character actress Dale Dickey a much-deserved lead role.” – Thrillist Jan 28, 2022 Full Review After Yang (2021) 89% EDIT “Directed by the Korean filmmaker Kogonada (Columbus), After Yang is an existential drama that manages to be both joyous and heartbreaking.” – Thrillist Jan 27, 2022 Full Review Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) 85% EDIT “Cha Cha Real Smooth, which takes its name from the ubiquitous DJ Casper line dance, resists cliché, insisting that no person is defined by any single attribute or experience. It's funny, wise, winsome, and endearing.” – Thrillist Jan 27, 2022 Full Review Calendar Girls (2022) 100% EDIT “Calendar Girls, which unfolds with brisk ease, is ultimately a joyous affair, contradicting a culture that wants to strip seniors of their vitality.” – Thrillist Jan 27, 2022 Full Review Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) 94% EDIT “A talky charmer of a movie: sweet, thoughtful, honest, and saucy without ever feeling performatively provocative.” – Thrillist Jan 25, 2022 Full Review Touched With Fire (2015) 67% EDIT “But Holmes is the real treasure. She captures a gravitas that hopefully flags the second coming of her film career.” – HuffPost Feb 3, 2016 Full Review
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