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Chris Wasser

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

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Nouvelle Vague (2025) 92% 4/5 EDIT “True, Godard was a pain in the neck, and the real Breathless shoot caused a great deal of stress for its cast and crew. This witty and enchanting reconstruction, however, looks as if it was a joy to make, from start to finish.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 86% 4/5 EDIT “This isn’t a film about telling jokes; it’s about what happens when couples forget to make the effort with one another. It’s also a bit of a hoot.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Jan 29, 2026 Full Review H Is for Hawk (2025) 80% 3/5 EDIT “There is a sense of strain throughout this respectable, warm-hearted film from director Philippa ­Lowthorpe and co-writer Emma ­Donoghue. A ­responsibility, perhaps, to honour the ­nature side of Helen’s tale, and the real human drama. ” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Jan 22, 2026 Full Review The History of Sound (2025) 69% 3/5 EDIT “Give [Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor] the spotlight, and a tale worthy of it, and The History of Sound reaches dizzying heights. Keep them apart and this film loses its sheen and its colour. ” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% 3.5/5 EDIT “It shouldn’t work, but there isn’t another actor in the world who could take such a sappy and implausible premise and turn it into something genuinely uplifting.” – Irish Independent Jan 15, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% 2/5 EDIT “Instead, screenwriter Garland and DaCosta (hired to direct a zombie film with very few zombies) prioritise this icky Jimmy nonsense. It’s an unfortunate misstep, nasty and mean-spirited, and there isn’t much O’Connell can do to help.” – Irish Independent Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Giant (2025) 61% 2/5 EDIT “...Giant is too broad, too cartoonish, and talks too much without ever really finding its voice.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Jan 8, 2026 Full Review The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) 80% 3/5 EDIT “If there is such a thing as a bad SpongeBob film, I haven’t seen it. Always a laugh, even on an off-day, the barmy, square-bottomed sea sponge continues to charm, and this vibrant cartoon adventure – directed by Derek Drymon – is as wacky as you’d expect.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% EDIT “lt makes for a woozy, disorientating experience, the kind you won't be in a rush to repeat. Trashy, joyless codswallop.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 3/5 EDIT “Diligent and dapper, Blanc flew too close to the sun in Glass ­Onion, the second chapter of Rian Johnson’s beloved Knives Out saga. The third, Wake Up Dead Man, is a tidier film, with bigger stakes and fewer gimmicks.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Oh. What. Fun. (2025) 35% 2/5 EDIT “Director Michael Showalter assembles a fine cast, but Oh. What. Fun. is cluttered and unoriginal, a pointless Frankenstein’s monster of a film that “borrows” shamelessly from one too many winter classics. Watch. Something. Else.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 75% 3/5 EDIT “True, Baumbach and his co-writer Emily Mortimer are pulling their punches. Their film is cuddly and sentimental where it should be wicked and snappy. ” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 4, 2025 Full Review Eternity (2025) 77% 4/5 EDIT “Romantic and inventive, the world of Eternity comes with so many wonderful sight gags, a second viewing might be necessary.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% 3/5 EDIT “It’s a big story – too big for this team, perhaps – and Christy doesn’t always connect the way it should. But the boxing stuff is terrific and that’s where our lead performer shines. ” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Pillion (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Adapted from a novel, Box Hill, by Adam Mars-Jones, Pillion asks us to invest in a union that isn’t always sunshine and roses for one of its participants. But there is a tenderness here, and Lighton’s film is amusing and intense; provocative and profound.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% 5/5 EDIT “...this is Robert’s tale, and Bentley and his magnificent leading man craft an elegant, intimate portrait of a life decorated by immense beauty and unimaginable heartache. ” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Nov 19, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% 2/5 EDIT “Chu’s misshapen sequel encounters an unfortunate narrative conundrum: how to tell its own story when a better one is playing out in the background. It can’t be done. ” – Irish Independent Nov 18, 2025 Full Review Christmas Karma (2025) 24% 2/5 EDIT “The Scrooge stuff is fine, and Christmas Karma works best when exploring Mr Sood’s Indian heritage. It’s the hokey, cluttered musical that gets in the way – and I think Nayyar is a tad too young to portray the cantankerous lead.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Nov 12, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 63% 3/5 EDIT “It’s when matters are simpler, when a desperate father puts his life on the line to save a sick family, that The Running Man aces its assignment. Explain too much – add too many clumsy satirical twists to the tale – and the foundations begin to buckle.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Nov 12, 2025 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% 3.5/5 EDIT “True, The Choral doesn’t always hit the right note, but Fiennes is good company, and Bennett’s tale provides its fair share of comforts. Ideal viewing for a rainy Sunday afternoon.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% 2.5/5 EDIT “...Die My Love gets the best out of Lawrence, who looks to have mastered the erratic, punk-rock rhythm of Ramsay’s storytelling. Everyone else is playing catch-up, including the viewer. Showy and structureless.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% 3/5 EDIT “Horrifying and heartbreaking, Elordi’s mournful creature is quite unlike any other in the Shelley cinematic vault. Del Toro is lucky to have him around.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Kenny Dalglish (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Academy Award-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (Amy, ­Senna) manages this extraordinarily moving documentary which successfully captures the spirit, generosity and talent of a proper footballing hero.” – Irish Independent Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% 3.5/5 EDIT “It’s an admirable adaptation that sometimes goes out of its way to avoid the usual cliches and pitfalls of the typical big-screen rock flick. But it also wants to be one.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man (2025) 3/5 EDIT “Consider it more of a cosy hagiography than a thorough critical study: it works as a broad history lesson of the Northern Ireland conflict; less so, as a portrait of the man behind the politics.” – Sunday Independent (Ireland) Oct 17, 2025 Full Review
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