Molly Freeman

Tomatometer-approved critic
Publications:
Hollywood.com,
Screen Rant
Movie Reviews Only
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4/5 | 94% | The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021) |
The Mitchells vs. the Machines is a charming blend of heartfelt family connection with a wildly fun action comedy twist in its robot apocalypse. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Apr 22, 2021
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3/5 | 70% | Moxie (2021) |
Moxie has some heart and teeth as its Riot Grrrl-inspired teens smash the patriarchy, but it's more love letter to Gen X than a call to arms for Gen Z. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Mar 2, 2021
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3.5/5 | 94% | Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) |
Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon stumbles a bit to get going, but manages to stick the landing of a heartfelt and hope-filled animated movie. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Mar 1, 2021
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4/5 | 78% | To All The Boys: Always And Forever (2021) |
To All the Boys: Always and Forever tells a beautiful story of love, relationships and growing up - and gives Lara Jean and Peter a satisfying ending. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Feb 11, 2021
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4/5 | 59% | Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) |
Wonder Woman 1984 is filled with hope, love and optimism, offering impressively cinematic superhero action with beautifully sentimental heart. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Dec 15, 2020
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4/5 | 91% | Promising Young Woman (2020) |
Promising Young Woman is a wildly thrilling revenge story, taking an unflinching look at rape culture, but errs more pessimistic than triumphant. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Dec 14, 2020
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2.5/5 | 70% | Godmothered (2020) |
Godmothered is a campy and heartfelt family-friendly Christmas flick, but ends up feeling like an adult rom-com shoehorned into a kids movie. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Dec 2, 2020
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3/5 | 95% | Soul (2020) |
Soul isn't Pixar's finest or most resonant film, but its beautiful animation and soundtrack, paired with fun characters make for an enjoyable watch. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Dec 1, 2020
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4/5 | 83% | Happiest Season (2020) |
Happiest Season is a cheesy, fun and heartfelt romantic comedy, with a sweetly genuine queer love story at the center of this holiday tale. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Nov 19, 2020
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2.5/5 | 35% | The New Mutants (2020) |
The New Mutants tries to offer a compelling blend of teen drama, horror and X-Men mythos, but ultimately fails to deliver a good entry in any genre. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Nov 17, 2020
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2/5 | 49% | The Craft: Legacy (2020) |
The Craft: Legacy excels when reveling in its girl power witchcraft, but falls apart in the third act without a well-developed villain. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Oct 28, 2020
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2.5/5 | 14% | After We Collided (2020) |
After We Collided is riddled with cliches and tired young adult tropes, but its dramatic romance and laughable dialogue offers some escapist fun. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Oct 26, 2020
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3.5/5 | 82% | The Kid Detective (2020) |
The Kid Detective is a unique coming of age story, using a high concept premise and noir style to explore the darker realities of growing up. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Oct 14, 2020
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3/5 | 93% | Love and Monsters (2020) |
Love and Monsters may not be a wholly fresh concept, but a clever script and Dylan O'Brien's charm make for a super fun adventure comedy. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Oct 14, 2020
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4/5 | 81% | Over the Moon (2020) |
An explosion of wonder, color and magic, Over the Moon tells a beautifully sentimental story of family and love, with super catchy songs mixed in. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Oct 9, 2020
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2.5/5 | 89% | Save Yourselves! (2020) |
More Millennial introspection than sci-fi movie, what Save Yourselves! lacks in world-building, it makes up for with charming relatable comedy. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Sep 30, 2020
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3.5/5 | 98% | Spontaneous (2020) |
Bloody, fun and achingly heartfelt, Spontaneous presents a clever and original story about life, love and how suddenly things can change. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Sep 30, 2020
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3/5 | 57% | Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020) |
Secret Society of Second-Born Royals is pure family-friendly fun, combining princesses and superheroes for a delightful, if unoriginal, adventure. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Sep 26, 2020
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3/5 | 91% | Enola Holmes (2020) |
Enola Holmes is a little overwrought, but Millie Bobby Brown's charming heroine and Henry Cavill's fun Sherlock pull off all the twists and turns. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Sep 22, 2020
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2.5/5 | 64% | The Devil All the Time (2020) |
The Devil All the Time is a slow, sprawling thriller, unfurling with creeping tension, but the cast's performances are more rewarding than the story. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Sep 15, 2020
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2/5 | 48% | The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020) |
The Babysitter: Killer Queen is junk food entertainment at its most mediocre, delivering barely enough blood and fun without anything truly memorable. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Sep 10, 2020
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3/5 | 90% | Unpregnant (2020) |
Unpregnant delivers a fun and entertaining road trip comedy about female friendship and abortion, with compelling performances from its two leads. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Sep 9, 2020
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4/5 | 78% | The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020) |
The Broken Hearts Gallery is overflowing with charm and personality, making it exactly the kind of fun, feel-good romantic comedy needed right now. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Sep 4, 2020
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3/5 | 72% | Mulan (2020) |
Mulan is a perfectly fine live-action adaptation, delivering some Disney magic and gorgeous visuals, but it's ultimately just an average action movie. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Sep 3, 2020
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2.5/5 | 23% | The Binge (2020) |
The Binge is as ridiculous as its premise implies, which can be fun at times, while others it's a bit like a wild ride you wish you could get off. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Aug 28, 2020
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3/5 | 90% | Words on Bathroom Walls (2020) |
Words on Bathroom Walls deftly balances being part romcom and part mental illness drama, offering a uniquely compelling coming-of-age story. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Aug 19, 2020
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2.5/5 | 70% | The One and Only Ivan (2020) |
The One and Only Ivan has a good heart at the center of this mediocre animal tale, which never quite delivers on the requisite Disney magic. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Aug 19, 2020
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2.5/5 | 17% | The Silencing (2020) |
The Silencing is a decently exhilarating thriller movie, even if the twists in the story aren't always well-earned or well thought out. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Aug 14, 2020
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2/5 | 85% | Work It (2020) |
Netflix's Work It is bogged down by its trite and wholly unoriginal underdog story, but its charismatic young leads help the movie limp to the end. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Aug 7, 2020
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2/5 | 28% | The Kissing Booth 2 (2020) |
The Kissing Booth 2 has some fun moments, especially for fans, but is ultimately an overwrought, overstuffed and overlong teen romcom sequel. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Jul 25, 2020
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3.5/5 | 93% | Yes, God, Yes (2020) |
Yes, God, Yes is an achingly honest and entertaining-as-hell journey through one teen's burgeoning sexuality and personal reckoning with Catholicism. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Jul 25, 2020
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4/5 | 95% | Palm Springs (2020) |
Along with a sharp sense of humor and compelling performances, Palm Springs delivers an absolutely charming rom-com with a fun sci-fi twist. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Jul 8, 2020
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3.5/5 | 80% | The Old Guard (2020) |
What The Old Guard lacks in well-paced, tightly plotted story, it more than makes up for with compelling characters and slick, thrilling fight scenes. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Jul 3, 2020
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4.5/5 | 98% | Hamilton (2020) |
The Hamilton filmed stage production is a stunning showcase of one of Broadway's biggest hits, maintaining all the heart and energy of the musical. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Jul 2, 2020
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2/5 | 63% | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) |
In Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Ferrell's typical schtick is on full display, but wears incredibly thin in this overlong comedy. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Jun 24, 2020
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3/5 | 21% | Infamous (2020) |
Infamous is both a thrilling crime drama and compelling character study of a wannabe social media star about the exploits that make her notorious. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Jun 11, 2020
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4/5 | 75% | The King of Staten Island (2020) |
Davidson is a triumph in The King of Staten Island, delivering plenty of fun R-rated humor in an emotionally compelling story about growing up. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Jun 8, 2020
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3/5 | 70% | The High Note (2020) |
The High Note is an enjoyable, if not particularly inventive, rom-com that's more infatuated with the music industry than developing its romance. - Screen Rant
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| Posted May 28, 2020
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1.5/5 | 47% | Scoob! (2020) |
Scoob! tries to deliver a touching story about friendship, but the movie's cringey pop culture references and cliche superhero story ruin it all. - Screen Rant
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| Posted May 15, 2020
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3.5/5 | 97% | The Half of It (2020) |
The Half of It puts a queer YA spin on a classic romance story, but Wu makes it her own - delivering a charming, sweet and altogether heartfelt movie. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Apr 29, 2020
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3/5 | 91% | The Willoughbys (2020) |
The Willoughbys is a mishmash of story ideas strung together by the idea of found family, but it's cute and quirky enough to keep viewers hooked. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Apr 20, 2020
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2/5 | 34% | Love Wedding Repeat (2020) |
Netflix's latest rom-com, Love Wedding Repeat, is too cringey to be any fun and fails to deliver on its premise of multiple alternate timelines. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Apr 10, 2020
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2/5 | 70% | Stargirl (2020) |
Disney's Stargirl is a mediocre teen movie about individuality and growing up, lacking the magic to make this manic pixie dream girl story work. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Mar 11, 2020
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2.5/5 | 30% | Bloodshot (2020) |
Bloodshot puts a surprisingly clever spin on the superhero origin story that's fun and funny, but Diesel's performance ultimately leaves it lacking. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Mar 11, 2020
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3.5/5 | 91% | The Invisible Man (2020) |
The Invisible Man puts a wholly fresh and compelling spin on the classic monster, delivering a cleverly scary movie with a fantastic lead performance. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Feb 27, 2020
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4/5 | 87% | Emma. (2020) |
Emma offers a stunningly crafted and uproarious adaptation of Austen's novel, with gorgeous costumes and delightfully charming performances. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Feb 21, 2020
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3/5 | 88% | Onward (2020) |
Onward is a good, but not great Pixar movie, with a heartfelt, if emotionally manipulative storyline, and plenty of film magic to propel it forward. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Feb 21, 2020
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2/5 | 70% | Olympic Dreams (2020) |
Olympic Dreams' backstage look at the 2018 Olympics is much more compelling than the movie's bland and contrived romantic comedy storyline. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Feb 13, 2020
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3/5 | 63% | Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) |
Sonic the Hedgehog offers a kid-friendly adventure movie based on the classic Sega property that tells a solidly enjoyable, if uninventive story. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Feb 13, 2020
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3.5/5 | 74% | The Photograph (2020) |
The Photograph is a lush, beautiful romantic drama, with the love story carried well by its two excellent leads, Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield. - Screen Rant
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| Posted Feb 13, 2020
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