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Christopher Kompanek

Christopher Kompanek's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Love After Love (2017) 85% 3.5/4 EDIT “An unflinching portrait of how grief can unravel a tightknit family in ways both banal and heart-wrenching.” – Washington Post Apr 17, 2018 Full Review Where Is Kyra? (2017) 83% 2/4 EDIT “Picoult's screenplay is frustratingly slight, never evolving beyond...one note.” – Washington Post Apr 11, 2018 Full Review Ismael's Ghosts (2017) 51% 2.5/4 EDIT “As Ismael, Almaric grounds the unwieldy film...delivering an incisive performance that imbues his subtlest gestures with searing turmoil.” – Washington Post Apr 4, 2018 Full Review The Death of Stalin (2017) 94% 3/4 EDIT “Sight gags and slapstick erupt from a pervasive atmosphere of dread and terror.” – Washington Post Mar 14, 2018 Full Review Have a Nice Day (2017) 78% 3/4 EDIT “Animation allows for greater freedom to play with the perception of time and space, and one of the film's great joys is simply looking at it.” – Washington Post Feb 28, 2018 Full Review American Folk (2017) 76% 2/4 EDIT “Sung mainly by real-life folk musicians Joe Purdy and Amber Rubarth, the songs lend the film an emotional resonance that the forced dialogue often struggles to achieve.” – Washington Post Jan 23, 2018 Full Review For Ahkeem (2017) 96% 3/4 EDIT “The story that is told here, with such heartbreaking clarity, is an important one, but it is hard to watch.” – Washington Post Oct 19, 2017 Full Review Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards (2017) 66% 2/4 EDIT “Talking-head interviews interspersed with reenactments reminiscent of cheap true-crime shows are the filmic equivalent of a polo shirt and khakis: blandly acceptable but uninspired.” – Washington Post Sep 28, 2017 Full Review The Trip to Spain (2017) 83% 3.5/4 EDIT “The mercurial nature of fame acts as an ideal metaphor for the fleeting and uncertain nature of life itself - all of which, in the masterful hands of Brydon, Coogan and Winterbottom, goes down more smoothly than a glass of Rioja.” – Washington Post Aug 24, 2017 Full Review Pop Aye (2017) 92% 3/4 EDIT “As Thana, Warakulnukroh radiates a sense of unadorned humanity, coupling a sense of being lost with the desire to be of service.” – Washington Post Jul 20, 2017 Full Review Radio Dreams (2016) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “"Radio Dreams" is a quintessentially American story.” – Washington Post Jun 15, 2017 Full Review Below Her Mouth (2016) 21% 3.5/4 EDIT “Krill and Linder have an understated delivery, common to the mumblecore genre. Although this sometimes works against dramatic momentum, it contrasts nicely with - and ultimately heightens - their intimate moments together.” – Washington Post Apr 27, 2017 Full Review Alive and Kicking (2016) 100% 3/4 EDIT “Glatzer captures the visceral charge of moving wildly in tandem with another person, often in improvised bouts that forge strong bonds between partners, if only for a few minutes.” – Washington Post Apr 6, 2017 Full Review Anthropoid (2016) 67% 4/4 EDIT “War movies all too often take it for granted that some causes are worth dying for. To have characters grapple with that notion, imperfectly, is nothing short of cathartic.” – Washington Post Aug 11, 2016 Full Review The Cowboys (2015) 83% 3.5/4 EDIT “Bidegain and cinematographer Arnaud Potier speak multitudes with wide-angle, slow-panning shots that immerse us in a post-9/11 quagmire that's never less than utterly personal.” – Washington Post Jun 30, 2016 Full Review Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016) 83% 1.5/4 EDIT “Teetering precariously between satire and base humor, "Jimmy Vestvood" squanders opportunities for both.” – Washington Post May 12, 2016 Full Review One More Time (2015) 50% 3/4 EDIT “Robert Edwards, the writer and director, explores the layers of melancholy contained within these familiar but authentically drawn characters, and he cleverly doles out virtue and vice to each while weaving in acid humor borne from regret.” – Wall Street Journal Apr 7, 2016 Full Review Remember (2015) 68% 3/4 EDIT “This isn't a paint-by-numbers revenge plot. When the payoff finally comes, it's as satisfying as it is perplexing.” – Washington Post Mar 17, 2016 Full Review
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