Erik Henriksen
Erik Henriksen's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Movies reviews only
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Onward (2020) |
By the time Onward's skillful, moving climax rolls around, it's clear that the important things here aren't the magic spells or the long-lost maps. The important things are the fears and hopes of a sometimes strong, sometimes fragile family. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Mar 05, 2020
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Uncut Gems (2019) |
The Safdies aren't interested in morality tales but amorality tales, and their stories' no-holds-barred recklessness, while at first freeing, steadily grows exhausting. Thankfully, the Safdies also know how to shoot, cut, and score like nobody else. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Dec 19, 2019
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Marriage Story (2019) |
What makes Marriage Story so remarkable isn't just how deeply Baumbach, Driver, and Johansson care about these characters, but how effectively the movie captures something that's impossible to put into words: The feeling of life as it changes. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Dec 12, 2019
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Knives Out (2019) |
Knives Out quickly spirals into unexpected territory. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Dec 03, 2019
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Dark Waters (2019) |
Art-house director Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven, Carol) oversees things here, capturing Dark Waters' sickening story in chilly blues and jaundiced yellows while knowing exactly how to get the most from his cast. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Nov 26, 2019
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The Irishman (2019) |
The end result is still stunning: A saga that's horrifying and funny and melancholy, sometimes in different scenes, sometimes all at once. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Nov 18, 2019
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The Report (2019) |
Expertly distilling an infinitely complicated, infinitely disturbing chain of events, writer/director Scott Z. Burns follows the efforts of increasingly troubled Senate staffer Daniel Jones. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Nov 18, 2019
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Doctor Sleep (2019) |
Sure, Flanagan's no Kubrick, but he does pull off the too-rare trick of capturing the sprawling, earnest, weird vibe of a decent Stephen King novel, where the grotesque usually walks hand-in-hand with silliness. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Nov 12, 2019
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The Lighthouse (2019) |
Things get weird, and sad, and unexpectedly touching; Dafoe and Pattinson are both great, and if you're going to descend into Eggers's particular brand of fraught, bleak madness, one could hardly ask for better company. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) |
If nothing else, Dark Fate has one thing going for it: Sarah Connor. Linda Hamilton is back, which means there's a Terminator movie worth watching again. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Jojo Rabbit (2019) |
There's more to the complicated Jojo Rabbit than first appears, and only a director as committed, inventive, and life-affirmingly good-hearted as Waititi would even have a chance of pulling it off. He does, to unforgettable effect. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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The Laundromat (2019) |
Maybe it was wrong to expect something along the lines of Adam McKay's excellent The Big Short, which examined a similarly complicated matter with sharp, gutsy wit, but where it should cut, The Laundromat merely leaves a faint bruise. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Oct 24, 2019
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Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019) |
Plenty of the clips in Memory feature Ripley, but Weaver herself is MIA, and making an Alien documentary without Weaver is... well, it's about as good of an idea as making any other Alien movie without her. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Oct 08, 2019
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Ad Astra (2019) |
If Ad Astra doesn't quite get there, it's not for lack of ambition, but rather the limits of even a movie screen to contain both the mind-breaking vastness of space and the quiet, internal emptiness that can feel just as big, and just as terrifying. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Sep 16, 2019
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Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) |
While it isn't as graceful or inventive as Cronos or The Devil's Backbone, it subtly, effectively creates a sense of something being deeply wrong-both in our world and, perhaps, in one that's right next to it. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Aug 29, 2019
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Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) |
Mike Wallace Is Here remains clear-eyed and hard-hitting, just as, one imagines, the no-bullshit Wallace would have wanted it. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Aug 29, 2019
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Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) |
Even for all its sadness and threats of doom, Tarantino's film remains laugh-out-loud hilarious the whole goddamn time-you're going to want to see this with a crowd, to hear both the laughs and the screams, particularly during one remarkable sequence. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Aug 14, 2019
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The Dead Don't Die (2019) |
It's goofy, gory, and great, and it's exactly the kind of rambling, lighthearted movie that should never be discussed using obnoxious phrases like "astonishingly rich oeuvre." - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Jun 10, 2019
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Aniara (2018) |
For those onboard with its relentless, brutal fatalism, Aniara is remarkable. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted May 22, 2019
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Meeting Gorbachev (2018) |
Particularly given America's current relations with Russia, Meeting Gorbachev feels disarmingly affectionate-"Everything about Gorbachev was genuine," Herzog reflects-but the director never loses his usual clear-eyed gaze. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted May 22, 2019
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Deadwood: The Movie (2019) |
There are punches and shoot-outs, and fiery speeches and glimpses of tenderness, and it's all beautiful and ugly, welcoming and dangerous. It's Deadwood. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted May 22, 2019
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John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum (2019) |
John Wick: Chapter 3-Parabellum is just as good and fun and bats--t as the series' previous installments. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted May 20, 2019
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Hail Satan? (2019) |
That's a fact that seems ominously and increasingly forgotten in Trump's America, so forget about the question mark. Hail Satan. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Apr 25, 2019
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The Beach Bum (2019) |
Personally, I derive a great amount of entertainment value from these things, but your mileage, I assume, will vary. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Apr 08, 2019
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MacGruber (2010) |
It's pretty fantastic, is what I'm getting at. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Mar 30, 2019
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High Flying Bird (2019) |
Soderbergh's reliable skill aside, it's Holland, Gregg, and Beetz who end up with much of High Flying Bird's glory, turning in performances that're clever, vulnerable, and-most importantly-surprising. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Feb 14, 2019
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Stan & Ollie (2018) |
In Coogan and Reilly's performances, one senses a richness that never makes it to the screen, and hints of a better story that's left untold. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Jan 28, 2019
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Aquaman (2018) |
Aquaman is super fun when it embraces its silliness-there's an octopus that plays the drums! There's an army of cranky crab-men!-but by the end, it just feels bloated and squishy. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Dec 27, 2018
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) |
Ugh. YOU GUYS. This movie is just SO GOOD. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Dec 14, 2018
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Roma (2018) |
Roma unfolds so naturally, so realistically, and so affectingly that it's best seen and heard on its own terms. So see it big, and see it loud. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Dec 14, 2018
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First Man (2018) |
First Man bears the familiar curse of the biopic-it somehow feels both overlong and unsatisfying-and never quite escapes the shadow of The Right Stuff. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Nov 06, 2018
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Wildlife (2018) |
The whole thing feels deflated and streeeeetched, with the story just kind of laying there... and even watching Mulligan and Gyllenhaal carefully, skillfully reveal different facets of their characters isn't enough to make Wildlife feel alive. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Nov 06, 2018
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The Old Man & the Gun (2018) |
Watching Redford have this much fun is, as always, a goddamn delight. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Oct 12, 2018
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The Sisters Brothers (2018) |
The result is sharp, affecting, and fun story that climbs mountains, spans plains, and literally burns down barns. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Oct 10, 2018
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Mandy (2018) |
Mandy isn't for everyone. But for those it is for? It's a hell of a thing. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Sep 13, 2018
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) |
Look, usually blockbusters and sequels to blockbusters and blockbuster reboots and sequels to blockbuster reboots are just bland, but Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom f---ing GOES FOR IT. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Jun 21, 2018
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Fahrenheit 451 (2018) |
It'd be easier to write off HBO's Fahrenheit 451 if it was just flat-out lousy. But it's not-thanks to Shannon, Jordan, and the bone-deep horror of Bradbury's ash-smeared world, much of it works. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted May 17, 2018
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Ready Player One (2018) |
It's nostalgia for the sake of nostalgia, and by the time its end credits roll, one wonders if there was anything worth being nostalgic about in the first place. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Mar 29, 2018
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Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) |
The decidedly more kid-friendly Pacific Rim Uprising is rushed and nonsensical, with uninspired action and a script that seems almost cruel in its determination to squander talented actors. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Mar 22, 2018
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Love, Simon (2018) |
Love, Simon is FANTASTIC, and regardless of whether you've read the book, you should see it IMMEDIATELY. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Mar 15, 2018
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The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) |
Ramshackle and clunky, The Cloverfield Paradox has the lurching feeling of a movie that's been edited and re-edited so many times that it's whittled away its identity. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Feb 05, 2018
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Blade Runner 2049 (2017) |
2049's future feels safer and cleaner, lacking Blade Runner's sensuous grime (there's not a single cloud of cigarette smoke), but its imagery is no less striking, particularly when Villeneuve and Deakins go wide with hypnotic vistas of a decaying Earth. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Dec 15, 2017
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The Shape of Water (2017) |
The Shape of Water is strange, sweet, and wonderful, and easily the greatest film ever made about a mute cleaning lady who falls in love with an amphibious fish man. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Dec 15, 2017
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Thor: Ragnarok (2017) |
I guess it's technically possible you'll see another movie this year that'll be this much fun, but I doubt it. And even if you do, it won't have Space Goldblum. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Nov 01, 2017
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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017) |
Adam Sandler [has] nailed a few unquestionably great performances-Punch Drunk Love, Funny People-and with Meyerowitz, he adds another, expertly balancing sentimentality and self-loathing. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Oct 11, 2017
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mother! (2017) |
Is it a far-reaching indictment of America's lifestyle consumerism, or just a movie about how far Aronofsky has his head up his ass? Is it brilliant? Is it terrible? Is it both? It's Mother! - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Sep 15, 2017
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It (2017) |
For a movie with so much blood, It feels disappointingly bloodless. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Sep 06, 2017
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The Lobster (2015) |
[The Lobster] captures what it feels like to be single. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Aug 22, 2017
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Suicide Squad (2016) |
Suicide Squad leans hard on The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy as templates, but while Marvel's movies generally zip along, Suicide Squad lurches. - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Aug 22, 2017
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Pete's Dragon (2016) |
Thank god, this thing feels like a kids' movie that has actual stakes. Remember those? - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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| Posted Aug 22, 2017
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