Sheri Linden
Sheri Linden's reviews (from any publication) always count toward the Tomatometer
because this critic is a Tomatometer-approved critic.
| Publications: | Boxoffice Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Variety |
| Critics' Group: | Los Angeles Film Critics Association |
Movie Reviews Only
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| 28% | The Queen of Spain (La reina de España) (2017) |
Though "The Queen of Spain" looks terrific and features a warm, glamorous performance by Penélope Cruz, that promise is fulfilled only fitfully in this valentine to moviemaking.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Aug 17, 2017
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| 90% | Gook (2017) |
Chon's drama is uneven but bristling with life, and it offers a new perspective on a calamitous moment, one whose 25th anniversary has been commemorated in recent months with a slew of potent documentaries.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Aug 17, 2017
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| 93% | A Taxi Driver (2017) |
A richly imagined tribute to a working-class hero.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Aug 13, 2017
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| 98% | Whose Streets? (2017) |
"Whose Streets?" looks beyond the media narrative to offer what Davis has called "black people seeing black people" - validation, encouragement and love in the face of a bitter legacy of injustice.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Aug 11, 2017
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| 63% | What Happened to Monday (2017) |
The star is up for the challenge, but the high concept quickly unravels.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Aug 9, 2017
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| 49% | The Glass Castle (2017) |
Whatever its imbalances and flaws, the movie is sure to strike an emotional chord with the book's many fans as well as newcomers to the remarkable tale.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Aug 7, 2017
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| 31% | From the Land of the Moon (Mal de pierres) (2017) |
Garcia never gets a grasp on her protagonist's contradictions, or those of her story - certainly not enough to pull off the movie's jaw-dropper of a twist.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Aug 2, 2017
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| 100% | Birthright: A War Story (2017) |
At first the doc feels like a recap as argument, unlikely to galvanize anyone. But through its haunting firsthand accounts, it becomes a wake-up call for people on both sides of the argument.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Jul 27, 2017
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| 100% | Women Who Kill (2017) |
New-relationship anxiety escalates to dark suspicion -- or is it unhinged paranoia? -- in Ingrid Jungermann's nimble horror-tinged comedy Women Who Kill.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 24, 2017
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| 73% | Landline (2017) |
Tonal swerves can be a source of useful friction; here they're simply awkward, and Robespierre's efforts to meld sentiment and laughs grow increasingly strained.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Jul 20, 2017
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| 19% | False Confessions (Les fausses confidences) (2017) |
Despite a few playful flourishes, filmmaker Luc Bondy's experiment in artifice never takes flight.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Jul 20, 2017
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| 93% | Swallows and Amazons (2017) |
As clunky as the movie can feel, there's a winning toughness to its unsentimental view of childhood and its nostalgia for a pre-digital age.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Jul 13, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Liyana (2017) |
A spirited testament to the power of creativity - not only as a source of strength and joy, but as a way to access buried emotions.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 10, 2017
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| 47% | The Sea (2013) |
Though handsomely photographed and featuring a compelling cast, the Ireland-set memory piece ... will leave audiences wondering how much more satisfying the muted drama might be on the page.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Jul 6, 2017
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| 100% | Swim Team (2017) |
An eye-opening look at one couple's response to the dearth of public services, therapies and programs for their son.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 6, 2017
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| No Score Yet | On the Seventh Day (2017) |
McKay demonstrates ... that his gifts as a filmmaker are as vital as ever.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 3, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Moss (2017) |
With its sensory immersion in nature and its yearning characters, the gorgeously shot film is a memorable study of solitude and connection.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 30, 2017
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| 94% | Sami Blood (2017) |
An eloquent coming-of-age drama set in 1930s Sweden that revolves around a spellbinding performance by young Lene Cecilia Sparrok.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Jun 29, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Sun Dogs (2017) |
Morrison balances her affection for all the characters with droll naturalism and an assured visual style.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 26, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Don't Come Back from the Moon (2017) |
Poignant and visually striking.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 22, 2017
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| No Score Yet | The Female Brain (2017) |
Though the laughs are hit-and-miss, the synapses are always firing.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 20, 2017
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| No Score Yet | A Midsummer Night's Dream (2017) |
A vibrant dose of California dreamin'.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 20, 2017
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| No Score Yet | The Year of Spectacular Men (2017) |
Even with the screenplay's sometimes screechy missteps, the Deutch duo hold the screen with charm and intelligence to spare.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 19, 2017
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| No Score Yet | The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille (2016) |
With its astute capsule biography of DeMille and firsthand accounts from people who worked with him, the film pays tribute to one of Hollywood's most innovative and commercially successful founding fathers.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2017
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| 89% | Raising Bertie (2017) |
An illuminating look at a black community's rural realities.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 9, 2017
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| No Score Yet | As Good As You (2017) |
Heisler brings the required neediness to the role, but the key problem with this sometimes whip-smart, sometimes mushy feature is that Jo and her story are far less interesting than some of the people around her.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Jun 8, 2017
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| 100% | Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (2017) |
An intimate and engaging chronicle of her final months with the New York City Ballet.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Jun 8, 2017
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| 76% | My Cousin Rachel (2017) |
There's enough dark sizzle between leads Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin to keep the audience involved through the underpowered middle stretches before the film regains its footing, delivering a disquieting shiver of a conclusion.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 5, 2017
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| No Score Yet | From the Ashes (2017) |
There's nothing particularly cinematic about the well-crafted film, but it's a compelling piece of advocacy journalism, one that looks beyond the sloganeering on all sides of the debate.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Jun 1, 2017
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| 88% | It Comes At Night (2017) |
The film confirms that Shults, working again with DP Drew Daniels, has a sure and fluent grasp of cinematic storytelling, his stripped-down narrative pulsing with dread and emotion.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 31, 2017
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| 83% | Megan Leavey (2017) |
Though it may hit a few predictable notes, its embrace of flawed and messy characters and refusal to repair every frayed emotional connection give it a dynamic, in-the-moment vigor.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 30, 2017
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| 92% | Wonder Woman (2017) |
This origin story, with its direct and relatively uncluttered trajectory, offers a welcome change of pace from a superhero realm that's often overloaded with interconnections and cross-references.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 29, 2017
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| No Score Yet | 96 Souls (2017) |
Beginning with a sensitive glimpse at the human-animal bond and ending on a note of social idealism, 96 Souls gets lost in the middle with an overload of sci-fi-inflected incident and info.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 26, 2017
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| 71% | Manifesto (2017) |
Whatever Rosefeldt intended, "Manifesto" doesn't quite set forth a manifesto of its own. But it's a blast of fresh air.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted May 25, 2017
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| 100% | Long Strange Trip: The Untold Story of The Grateful Dead (2017) |
In some ways the film is guilty of the kind of worship that made Garcia uneasy, but Bar-Lev's emotional connection to his subject is also an animating force.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted May 25, 2017
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| 50% | Black Butterfly (2017) |
None of it is earth-shattering, but Goodman gives it muscle and makes it work.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 22, 2017
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| 45% | Everything, Everything (2017) |
While the young-love melodrama isn't about to entice older viewers, the target audience will swoon.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 18, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Wrestling Jerusalem (2017) |
The proceedings become so densely packed with history, opinion and firsthand experience that they cry out for a more subdued, straightforward approach.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 16, 2017
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| 97% | Burden (2017) |
The filmmakers are concerned more with career trajectory than personal history, and though they don't sugarcoat the bouts of troubling behavior, their affection for Burden is evident.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted May 11, 2017
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| 100% | Harold And Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2017) |
With "Harold and Lillian," Raim gives these perfectly matched behind-the-scenes stars the spotlight they've long deserved.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted May 11, 2017
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| 50% | The Drowning (2017) |
Despite the wildly uneven plotting, Gordon's atmospheric direction in coastal New London propels the drama, as does her sensitivity to what remains unspoken between people.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 11, 2017
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| 86% | Tomorrow Ever After (2017) |
A gently comic, conversation-starting charmer that wears its low-budget heart on its sleeve.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 6, 2017
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| 100% | Rodney King (2017) |
Smith's powerfully crafted performance does nothing less than restore the humanity to a man who has, over a quarter-century, been reduced to a talking point and a symbol.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 4, 2017
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| 50% | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017) |
A visually exciting but emotionally monotonous film.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted May 4, 2017
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| 83% | Cardinal X (2017) |
It's Wang's eye for social realities, brought to life by her cast, that gives her film its edge.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 3, 2017
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| 55% | Lowriders (2017) |
The actors find the emotional weight in often overwritten material, but what sets the film apart is its deeply felt celebration of the lowrider tradition ...‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 1, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Displacement (2017) |
Whatever metaphysical poetry Displacement could have held is lost amid its over-explained and underwhelming search for the "negation point."‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 28, 2017
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| 62% | Slack Bay (Ma loute) (2017) |
Though the combination of social critique and unhinged laughs doesn't always jell, the movie is quite gloriously a thing unto itself, even as it draws upon obvious inspirations.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Apr 27, 2017
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| 32% | Voice from the Stone (2017) |
A ghost story without a pulse or a perceptible purpose, "Voice From the Stone" strands its cast, led by "Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke, in an airless series of darkly lovely tableaux.‐ Los Angeles Times
Read More | Posted Apr 27, 2017
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| 26% | Unforgettable (2017) |
Di Novi steadily turns up the heat on a lethal bouillabaisse of sex, domesticity and juicy archetypes - a recipe that's equal parts Fatal Attraction, Charles Perrault and Nancy Meyers.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 20, 2017
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