Henry Barnes
Henry Barnes's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Guardian
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Movies reviews only
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Paddleton (2019) |
It doesn't maintain... balance, but at the same time it does movingly convey what it might feel like to see the inconsequential things - the kitschy movies, the made-up ball games, the stove-burnt pizzas - endure while your best friend trundles to a stop. - Guardian
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| Posted Feb 20, 2019
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High Flying Bird (2019) |
High Flying Bird is a classic Soderbergh construct. Throughout his career - from Sex, Lies and Videotape to Erin Brockovich to Che to Magic Mike - he's revelled in telling stories of the individual chipping away at the status quo. - Guardian
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| Posted Feb 07, 2019
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Death in Sarajevo (2016) |
Written and directed by Danis Tanovic, the Oscar-winning Bosnian director of No Man's Land, Death in Sarajevo presents a damning allegory for modern Europe. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 01, 2017
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London Fields (2018) |
Novelistic, rich and awfully silly. - Guardian
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| Posted Sep 14, 2016
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Bleed for This (2016) |
It's a story of strength that crumples; a portrait of vitality that plays awfully flat. - Guardian
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| Posted Sep 02, 2016
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David Brent: Life on the Road (2016) |
There were braver things that Gervais could have done with the character. The bravest being leaving him where he was. - Guardian
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| Posted Aug 10, 2016
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Pete's Dragon (2016) |
The result is part ET, part Jungle Book, part Peanuts. It's sweet and soulful and Spielberg-ish, but with a bitter streak. - Guardian
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| Posted Aug 01, 2016
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The Killing$ of Tony Blair (2016) |
An entertaining ramble through well-publicised allegations and a slick run down the rap sheet for those who need a reminder of Tony's avarice. - Guardian
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| Posted Jul 07, 2016
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The World's End (2013) |
The World's End marks the third part of Pegg and Wright's self-described "Cornetto trilogy." It's an appropriate moniker. With this final film they've slowed down a bit, grown up a lot. And saved the richest bite until last. - Guardian
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| Posted Jun 14, 2016
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From the Land of the Moon (2016) |
The film takes on Gabrielle's listlessness, slumps into an opiated fug. The malady is mysterious and not easily treatable. It just exhausts you. - Guardian
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| Posted May 15, 2016
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The Last Man on the Moon (2014) |
Craig's film deals with the fallout of the era - and how the returning heroes kept their feet on the ground - but he can't help but get swept up in the romance of the effort. - Guardian
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| Posted Apr 07, 2016
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Martyrs (2015) |
What's left after the gore is stripped away is a mildly bloody, meatless horror. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 31, 2016
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Fifty Shades of Black (2016) |
A spoof of the franchise that started out as Twilight fan fiction offers up another barrel for Marlon Wayans to scrape. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 10, 2016
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The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016) |
Big but boring, expansive but cheap-looking, Allegiant spins in place, waiting for next year's Ascendent to come along and offer resolution. In all candour: you can do without it. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 10, 2016
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Genius (2016) |
Red pencils at the ready. This one needs a going over. - Guardian
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| Posted Feb 16, 2016
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Shepherds and Butchers (2016) |
Shepherds and Butchers doesn't know which it is: the twisty legal drama that's going to herd us through the issue or the ferocious expose, laying out the quotidian grimness of systemic death. - Guardian
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| Posted Feb 14, 2016
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The Patriarch (2016) |
Mahana is a touch simplistic and very romantic. But it does what it does with skill. - Guardian
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| Posted Feb 14, 2016
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Things to Come (2016) |
Things to Come is a smart, earnest undertaking: an exploration of the insecurity that can hit any of us, at any age, when we start to question the life we've built. - Guardian
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| Posted Feb 14, 2016
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Dirty Cops - War on Everyone (2016) |
There's fun to be had in the shtick, but the point? It's missing, presumed dead. - Guardian
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| Posted Feb 12, 2016
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Meru (2015) |
Likely to appeal to the extreme sports market and leave the rest of us stranded. - Guardian
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| Posted Feb 11, 2016
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Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise (2015) |
Be he space traveller, madman and/or fish, Perry (and the film) are certifiably original. - Guardian
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| Posted Feb 04, 2016
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We Come as Friends (2014) |
Sauper and his two-man crew fly over a land that's becoming as alien to its indigenous population as it was (and still is) to those who fancy exploiting it. - Guardian
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| Posted Jan 28, 2016
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Sherpa (2015) |
Smart, genuine, thoughtful film-making. - Guardian
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| Posted Dec 17, 2015
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Hector (2015) |
It's refreshing that not every film need be so desperate about homelessness, but Hector is social realism that often feels unrelated to reality. - Guardian
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| Posted Dec 10, 2015
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Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD (2014) |
Everything from the post-apocalyptic ballyhoo of Mad Max: Fury Road to the Fallout video game series owe its gleefully violent tone a debt. But 2000AD did it originally with bold, brutal style. - Guardian
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| Posted Dec 03, 2015
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Revenge of the Mekons (2013) |
"You can't stick to a manifesto," says founding member Jon Langford. "But there's definitely a thread." Passion, good humour and love are wrapped up in there. - Guardian
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| Posted Nov 19, 2015
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Sunset Song (2015) |
Deyn, in the best role of her burgeoning career, has the right mix of tenderness and tenacity to make Chris feel real in a world that often doesn't. - Guardian
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| Posted Oct 15, 2015
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Mr. Right (2015) |
Rockwell and Kendrick's selling points - stoner loucheness for him, peppy weirdness for her - are a strange mix with the screwball tone. - Guardian
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| Posted Sep 19, 2015
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Stonewall (2015) |
Emmerich, who put his own money into making the film, should be cheered for giving it a shot. Unfortunately the compromises he's made leave Stonewall feeling neutered. - Guardian
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| Posted Sep 18, 2015
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This Changes Everything (2015) |
It's sometimes boring, it makes assumptions about its audience. - Guardian
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| Posted Sep 17, 2015
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Forsaken (2015) |
Forsaken - absolutely inessential, but fun none the less - is the Hollywood cowboy experience unadulterated. - Guardian
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| Posted Sep 17, 2015
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The Martian (2015) |
Out from the blackness comes something we thought we might never see again: a decent Ridley Scott movie. - Guardian
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| Posted Sep 11, 2015
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Where to Invade Next (2015) |
As America crawls towards a new administration - another chance to sell hope as a cure-all - we need voices like Moore's to remind us that change takes work. - Guardian
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| Posted Sep 11, 2015
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American Ultra (2015) |
A mashup of Bourne and Clerks, fusing the worst of each into a galumphing stoner action comedy. - Guardian
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| Posted Sep 03, 2015
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No Escape (2015) |
The odd plus point - Wilson's surprisingly strong action chops, Lake Bell's solid performance as a terrified mom - are spoiled by the archaic tone. - Guardian
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| Posted Aug 28, 2015
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Manglehorn (2014) |
Its depths hide a strange, satisfying meditation on regret, nostalgia and remorse. - Guardian
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| Posted Aug 06, 2015
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Fantastic Four (2015) |
A dawdling indie drama, gussied up in superhero garb. - Guardian
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| Posted Aug 05, 2015
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Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation (2015) |
A sequel that is slick with silliness, but peppered with enough wit and peril to sustain the franchise's momentum. - Guardian
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| Posted Jul 24, 2015
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All Work All Play (2015) |
All Work All Play makes for a dull, corporate documentary. - Guardian
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| Posted Jul 16, 2015
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Kick-Ass 2 (2013) |
The tone's too rough to be funny. Kick-Ass 2 suffers from being a little too real. - Guardian
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| Posted Jul 07, 2015
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Terminator Genisys (2015) |
Salvation was boring, but Genisys makes you sad. Risk-averse Hollywood has made a crash-test dummy of a once great franchise, simply throwing everything at it to see what it stands. - Guardian
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| Posted Jun 30, 2015
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The Wrecking Crew (2008) |
Tedesco nails the point: that the beauty of pop music lies not with the prancing pop starlets, but in the hands of the average-looking, insanely talented artists behind the scenes. - Guardian
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| Posted Jun 25, 2015
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Station to Station (2015) |
The artists' blathering about the creative process and the nature of existence gets monotonous. It's the ordinary folk that keep the film on-track. - Guardian
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| Posted Jun 25, 2015
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A Perfect Day (2015) |
Inconsistency is A Perfect Day's biggest problem. The script is scalpel sharp in some places, flabby as the well-blocker in others. - Guardian
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| Posted May 25, 2015
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Heaven Adores You (2014) |
Rossi's film will purr for Smith devotees, but is exasperatingly incurious about anything but the majesty of the man and his music. - Guardian
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| Posted May 07, 2015
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Young Ones (2014) |
There hasn't been as convincing a sci-fi dustbowl story since the original Mad Max. - Guardian
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| Posted Apr 30, 2015
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Drake: Homecoming (2015) |
For fans of rap superstar Drake - and of bad editing, sloppy continuity and squandered opportunity. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 12, 2015
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The Circle (2014) |
The early days of gay rights are lovingly, clunkily presented in director Stefan Haupt's docudrama about Swiss gay magazine the Circle. - Guardian
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| Posted Dec 11, 2014
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Manakamana (2013) |
We're basically gawking at a commute. - Guardian
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| Posted Dec 11, 2014
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (2014) |
The special effects are limp and the script a little creaky, although somehow it still manages to thrill. - Guardian
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| Posted Nov 10, 2014
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