Sarah Marrs
Tomatometer-approved critic
| Publications: | Lainey Gossip, Cinesnark |
Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 99% | Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) |
Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a misanthrope's character study, a candid revelation of a shocking literary scandal, and a brilliant performance from Melissa McCarthy.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Oct 19, 2018
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| 80% | Halloween (2018) |
A cut above your typical slasher fare.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Oct 19, 2018
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| 30% | Venom (2018) |
Venom is the worst parts of the Sam Raimi and Sony reboot Spider-Men combined.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Oct 5, 2018
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| 85% | A Simple Favor (2018) |
A blackly comedic take on all those tropes common to salacious "women's entertainment", done in a way that actually empowers women.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Sep 20, 2018
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| 88% | First Man (2018) |
First Man is as much a spectacle as it is an emotional experience, and in that way feels as old-fashioned as its protagonist. ‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Sep 14, 2018
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| 33% | The Predator (2018) |
The Predator dismisses itself as "dumber than group one", which, no argument.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Sep 14, 2018
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| 71% | Assassination Nation (2018) |
It actually defies logic that this movie works.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Sep 12, 2018
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| 93% | If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) |
A haunting piece of cinema, fully evocative and intimately illuminating.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Sep 12, 2018
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| 95% | Widows (2018) |
Widows is a heist movie with a mind and a voice and a total lack of fear in using both. ‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Sep 12, 2018
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| 65% | Beautiful Boy (2018) |
It is perfectly fine.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Sep 11, 2018
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| 68% | The Front Runner (2018) |
Gary Hart is the least interesting character in the story, which is kind of a problem when he's the protagonist.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Sep 11, 2018
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| 61% | Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben) (2019) |
Equal parts pulp, examination of the class divide, and ESCANDALO.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Sep 10, 2018
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| 44% | Destination Wedding (2018) |
Destination Wedding isn't a rom-com, it's a horror movie about a woman trapped with a men's rights activist. ‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Sep 10, 2018
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| 90% | A Star Is Born (2018) |
It's not adding anything new to the Star is Born canon, but it is a solid retelling for a new generation.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Sep 10, 2018
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| 80% | Alpha (2018) |
It's fine.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2018
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| 22% | The Happytime Murders (2018) |
Not funny, not clever, and not nearly as shocking as it thinks it is.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2018
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| 93% | Searching (2018) |
An extremely well plotted thriller with enough satisfying twists and turns to keep you entirely engaged. ‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2018
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| 95% | BlacKkKlansman (2018) |
Spike Lee at his fiery best.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Aug 19, 2018
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| 25% | Mile 22 (2018) |
Incomprehensible and flat-out ugly in pretty much every way it can be.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Aug 19, 2018
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| 8% | Slender Man (2018) |
Slender Man commits the double sin of being not only bad, but boring.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Aug 16, 2018
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| 92% | Crazy Rich Asians (2018) |
The world is on fire, enjoy this glass of champagne.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Aug 16, 2018
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| 99% | Eighth Grade (2018) |
A lovely but cringe-inducing film about one of the most precarious times in a person's life.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Aug 13, 2018
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| 45% | The Meg (2018) |
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Aug 13, 2018
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| 49% | The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) |
Points for Kate McKinnon and a ruthlessly supportive female friendship.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Aug 5, 2018
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| 72% | Christopher Robin (2018) |
The movie is okay, Tigger is a nightmare.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Aug 5, 2018
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| 89% | Pin Cushion (2018) |
...dark, weird, uncomfortable, sad, and occasionally dangerous. ‐ Cinesnark
Read More | Posted Aug 5, 2018
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| 93% | Blindspotting (2018) |
A little messy, but more often than not Blindspotting is a bold, freewheeling examination of race in class in gentrifying America.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| 97% | Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) |
Mission: Impossible - Fallout might as well start with an epigraph that says "Buckle up" followed by a giant explosion and an air horn.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jul 27, 2018
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| 76% | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) |
A little mundane for a subject as interesting and creative as John Callahan.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jul 24, 2018
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| 51% | Equalizer 2 (2018) |
Equalizer 2 is a slow, ponderous affair that not even Denzel's considerable charisma can save.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jul 21, 2018
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| 80% | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) |
Objectively terrible but SO much fun.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jul 19, 2018
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| 94% | Sorry to Bother You (2018) |
A unique vision that unfolds in the WILDEST manner.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jul 14, 2018
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| 46% | Skyscraper (2018) |
Just another forgettable disaster flick.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jul 14, 2018
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| 70% | Damsel (2018) |
A joy to watch.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jul 5, 2018
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| 88% | Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) |
It's honestly a little hard to separate Ant-Man and the Wasp's actual quality from what a lovely break it is from reality.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jul 4, 2018
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| 53% | The First Purge (2018) |
The First Purge stumbles into relevance.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jul 4, 2018
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| 63% | Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) |
Every plot point is straight off the Fox News conspiracy reel.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jul 1, 2018
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| 100% | Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018) |
Her finale is a blistering, impassioned plea for empathy, a furious call to action, and a battle cry to do better.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jun 28, 2018
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| 55% | Tag (2018) |
Take your demonstrative friendship movies where you can find them.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jun 23, 2018
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| 48% | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) |
"Fresh" because there is no "overripe tomato about to go completely off". ‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jun 23, 2018
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| 99% | Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) |
A loving portrait of a loving man.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jun 18, 2018
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| 94% | Incredibles 2 (2018) |
The Incredibles 2 may not be as philosophically cohesive as it could be, but it is a fun, engaging film about letting others live their authentic lives. ‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jun 18, 2018
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| 57% | Hotel Artemis (2018) |
More than a John Wick knock-off, but not quite justifying itself, either.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jun 13, 2018
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| 68% | Ocean's 8 (2018) |
Ocean's 8 is incredibly fun and glamorous and sly.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jun 11, 2018
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| 89% | Hereditary (2018) |
It's definitely going to stick with you for a while.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jun 11, 2018
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| 71% | Adrift (2018) |
Adrift is a solid survival tale that avoids the histrionics and sap that often plague the genre.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jun 7, 2018
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| 89% | American Animals (2018) |
An examination of the potentially dangerous entitlement of bored young men. ‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted Jun 7, 2018
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| 82% | Deadpool 2 (2018) |
It's not a difficult movie to watch, between the pace of the action and the pace of the jokes, but whether or not it's "fun" is entirely in the eye of the beholder.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted May 25, 2018
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| 70% | Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) |
Works as a heist movie, less successful as an origin story.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted May 25, 2018
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| 53% | Book Club (2018) |
Book Club is a fun, light-hearted rom-com for the elder set, and is a gentle reminder that life is long and love is not just for the young.‐ Lainey Gossip
Read More | Posted May 25, 2018
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