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Ciara Dolan

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

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Us (2019) 93% EDIT “Maybe Us is overstuffed, or maybe a second viewing could cast further light on these connections. Either way, Us still made me afraid to look in the mirror-the hallmark of an excellent horror movie.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Mar 25, 2019 Full Review The Aftermath (2019) 26% EDIT “Under closer examination, it's just another example of a harmful narrative in which young women are violently punished for trusting a stranger.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Mar 6, 2019 Full Review Fyre (2019) 93% EDIT “The takeaway is simply that the whole truth of what happened at Fyre Festival and its aftermath is presented by neither-that's what makes them so interesting.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jan 28, 2019 Full Review Fyre Fraud (2019) 79% EDIT “It's interesting to hear the madness explained, but Hulu's documentary Fyre Fraud zooms out to contextualize Fyre Festival as a symptom of a much greater issue.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jan 28, 2019 Full Review Dumplin' (2018) 86% EDIT “Although it's not perfect, Dumplin' made my cold, prune-like heart grow three sizes.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Dec 7, 2018 Full Review London Fields (2018) 0% EDIT “The cinematic equivalent of a sewage truck colliding with a tanker full of gasoline.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Nov 6, 2018 Full Review Suspiria (2018) 65% EDIT “The whole thing feels like a tormented fever dream-intoxicating and at times barely coherent. But that's why it's great. Argento's Suspiria sucks you in and traps you within, woozy and disoriented from some unknown spell.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Nov 6, 2018 Full Review Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) 75% EDIT “It's not exactly bad; there's just way too much going on. It seems like Goddard's priority was creating an overwhelming sense of claustrophobia.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Oct 10, 2018 Full Review Lizzie (2018) 66% EDIT “Lizzie tries to find the seemingly impossible balance between family drama, murder mystery, and queer romance. Though it's a compelling idea, it doesn't work-the forbidden love story isn't fleshed out enough for that motive to be believable.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Sep 25, 2018 Full Review Hearts Beat Loud (2018) 92% EDIT “It's cute, it's "quirky" (ugh), and it's boring as hell, with hollow dialogue and a plot that shuffles along like an old, tired dog.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jun 20, 2018 Full Review Hereditary (2018) 90% EDIT “Ari Aster's feature debut might be one of the most beautiful and nauseating horror movies ever made.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jun 7, 2018 Full Review Beast (2017) 92% EDIT “It's both intoxicating and claustrophobic-a swirling vortex of desire and denial that exposes the wildness behind our most controlled exteriors.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) May 24, 2018 Full Review Flower (2017) 48% EDIT “It's gritty, vulgar, depraved, often hilarious, and periodically charming. But its shock-jock approach to sensitive subjects like child molestation wind up feeling hollow and exploitative.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Mar 22, 2018 Full Review Loveless (2017) 94% EDIT “Throughout the film, even chronic pessimists (like me!) will find themselves defending humanity.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Mar 15, 2018 Full Review In the Fade (2017) 75% EDIT “One of [Fatih] Akin's greatest accomplishments with In the Fade is how he forces viewers to bear witness to Katja's raw, inescapable pain.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Feb 8, 2018 Full Review The Insult (2017) 86% EDIT “The Insult works best when Doueiri spends time examining the root system of hate.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Feb 8, 2018 Full Review Tragedy Girls (2017) 85% EDIT “Though it's risky to make a film with sadistic murderers as the protagonists, this duo is disarmingly likable. And they're funny.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Oct 31, 2017 Full Review Lucky (2017) 97% EDIT “But Lucky is also very sweet-even though Lucky's convinced that death will plunge him into a void of nothingness, he still gets up each morning and keeps living.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Oct 12, 2017 Full Review Super Dark Times (2017) 89% EDIT “Though the final sequence of events is oddly paced and difficult to follow, [Kevin] Phillips succeeds by using the language and logic of teenagers to tell this story.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Sep 27, 2017 Full Review Ingrid Goes West (2017) 84% EDIT “Ingrid Goes West's attempt to deliver a topical dark comedy about social media fails to portray mental health with the nuance required when you're making a movie about an unhinged woman.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 24, 2017 Full Review They Will Have to Kill Us First (2015) 100% EDIT “They Will Have to Kill Us First sends a clear message from Mali's musicians to their oppressors-you can turn cities into ghost towns, take away radio stations, and destroy instruments, but we'll never stop making music.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) 79% EDIT “Popstar's greatest strength is its topicality: It's fascinating to watch a movie where the strongest jokes are completely reliant on the audience's fluency in recent pop culture.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Sing Street (2016) 95% EDIT “Sing Street isn't all bad... but the bad parts are pretty bad.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Beauty and the Beast (2017) 71% EDIT “The one unforgivable flaw of resurrecting Beauty and the Beast in 2017 is that we've already had another movie handle the monster love story better. It's called Shrek.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) 64% EDIT “I did cry seven times-my dislike for The Zookeeper's Wife happened afterwards, as I retroactively tried to map my mixed feelings.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review
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