Jake Coyle
Jake Coyle's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Associated Press
Associated Press film critic.
Movies reviews only
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You Hurt My Feelings (2023) |
Do any of us really want straightforward feedback or do we just want emotional support? That’s the rich vein that Holofcener, a master of nagging neuroses, mines so expertly in You Hurt My Feelings -- a film that I very much adored. I swear. - Associated Press
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| Posted May 25, 2023
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White Men Can't Jump (2023) |
The film, directed by Calmatic, bounces to a hip-hop beat and the gameplay action is smoother. But the drop off in personality from that original trio is like going from the Lakers to the G-League. - Associated Press
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| Posted May 18, 2023
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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023) |
[A] glossy, entertaining and often affecting documentary. - Associated Press
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| Posted May 09, 2023
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) |
Vol. 3 is a messy, overstuffed finale. But you rarely question whether Gunn’s heart is in it. - Associated Press
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| Posted May 01, 2023
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The Eight Mountains (2022) |
A stunning, often profound and frequently jaw-droppingly gorgeous tale of two friends from childhood through adulthood set against the Italian Alps. - Associated Press
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| Posted Apr 27, 2023
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Polite Society (2023) |
While there isn’t much inherently groundbreaking in Polite Society, Manzoor’s zippy script and direction, plus terrific performances from newcomer Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya, give a familiar teen-comedy form some spry new moves. - Associated Press
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| Posted Apr 26, 2023
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Beau Is Afraid (2023) |
Beau Is Afraid takes a long road to not get very far. That could, of course, be the point. But the simpering sad sack Beau -- despite Phoenix’s typically committed and sympathetic performance -- remains curiously void, stuck in a one-note nightmare. - Associated Press
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| Posted Apr 18, 2023
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Renfield (2023) |
Renfield is enjoyable enough in a disposable sort of way. A lack of self-seriousness is a quality to be appreciated in any movie like this. And Hoult manages to be remarkably sweet while at the same time using human limbs to decapitate other victims. - Associated Press
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| Posted Apr 12, 2023
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) |
None of this is likely to be enough for anyone to exclaim “Oh, yeah!” while hopping up and down and doffing their cap. But it is an hour and a half’s worth of superlative marketing that will whet your appetite for more Mario back home on the couch. - Associated Press
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| Posted Apr 04, 2023
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Murder Mystery 2 (2023) |
Like its predecessor, Murder Mystery 2 is built on old-fashioned star power and the interplay between Sandler and Aniston. They’re good company to be in, and sometimes that’s enough. - Associated Press
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| Posted Mar 31, 2023
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The Lost King (2022) |
With Sally Hawkins playing Langley as a woman undeterred by pompous academics and condescending naysayers, The Lost King makes for a charmingly droll tale of long-ago and not-so-long-ago reappraisal. - Associated Press
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| Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Tori and Lokita (2022) |
[The Dardennes'] taut and straightforward films can be heartbreaking -- and Tori and Lokita, which grows increasingly, almost unbearable tense is no exception. - Associated Press
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| Posted Mar 23, 2023
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The Quiet Girl (2022) |
A stirring testament to what’s possible on a modest scale with a few well-chosen words. Set in 1981 rural Ireland, The Quiet Girl comes from Claire Keegan’s short story “Foster,” and it preserves much of the rhythm and concision of a good short story. - Associated Press
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| Posted Feb 23, 2023
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Marlowe (2022) |
“Marlowe,” enveloped with a strong smell of mothballs, feels like an old pinstripe suit that’s been taken out of the closet for no apparent reason. - Associated Press
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| Posted Feb 15, 2023
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Sharper (2023) |
A slinky, slick caper that finds ways to distort expectations while unfolding a puzzle-box narrative. Before its lesser third act, Sharper manages to juggle its plot twists with panache. - Associated Press
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| Posted Feb 10, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin (2023) |
Gimmicky set-up? Check. Queasy spiritualism? You bet. But as a self-contained, handsomely staged thriller, Shyamalan’s latest finds the filmmaker working in an appealingly straightforward and stripped-down fashion. - Associated Press
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| Posted Feb 02, 2023
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One Fine Morning (2022) |
One moment, you might feel as though the narrative focus is drifting or sliding into repetition; the next, you can hardly imagine a more cohesive and affecting encapsulation of bittersweet human truths. - Associated Press
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| Posted Jan 26, 2023
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Alice, Darling (2022) |
Nighy gets the most essential thing right, authentically capturing a not-uncommon real-life experience with rare nuance. Kendrick gives one of her best and most wrenching performances as a woman riddled with self-doubt. - Associated Press
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| Posted Jan 19, 2023
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Plane (2023) |
Sometimes a film without any baggage can -- if not quite soar -- at least make it to the gate on time. - Associated Press
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| Posted Jan 12, 2023
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A Man Called Otto (2022) |
Hanks movingly tailors the role to himself. How “A Man Called Otto” unfolds won’t surprise anyone, but it does the trick for a little post-holidays heart-warming. - Associated Press
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| Posted Jan 05, 2023
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Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2022) |
Turn Every Page, about the half-century relationship between author Robert Caro and his longtime editor, Robert Gottlieb, is as much a rock ’em, sock ’em clash of heavyweights as found in any blockbuster. - Associated Press
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Living (2022) |
The dryness of “Living,” to its credit, avoids [sentimentality], and, overall, has trimmed Kurosawa’s tale into a more focused 102 minutes. But there’s a stale emptiness to Living that doesn’t entirely dissipate in even its most moving scenes. - Associated Press
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| Posted Dec 22, 2022
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Babylon (2022) |
An overstuffed and -- especially by the increasingly wayward third act -- meandering film. But it’s also an insistently alive one that’s hard to look away from, with flashes of brilliance. - Associated Press
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| Posted Dec 22, 2022
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Emancipation (2022) |
Fuqua’s film is often harrowing and gripping but also less nuanced and too narrowly confined in genre conventions than its real-life protagonist deserves. - Associated Press
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| Posted Dec 02, 2022
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The Eternal Daughter (2022) |
A gentle and mournful spell is cast by Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter, a ghost story where memory is manifested -- visited, intruded upon and, finally, made to glow. - Associated Press
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| Posted Nov 30, 2022
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White Noise (2022) |
In very ’80s environs, Baumbach’s film always remains — purposefully, I think -- a self-conscious work of literature adaptation, juggling big themes and highly literate dialogue with a screwball touch. - Associated Press
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| Posted Nov 23, 2022
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Bones and All (2022) |
You have the sense of seeing a movie that in shape and style reminds you of countless others. But, well, cannibalism just has a way of throwing things off balance. The result is something that feels both archetypal and otherworldly. - Associated Press
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| Posted Nov 18, 2022
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The Menu (2022) |
[The Menu] may be aimed at somewhat low-hanging fruit and may ultimately not have all that much to chew on. But [directed Mark Mylod] brings an icy, stylish flare in another kind of cleverly staged eat-the-rich comedy that is still a very tasty snack. - Associated Press
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| Posted Nov 17, 2022
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) |
Wakanda Forever is overlong, a little unwieldy... But Coogler’s fluid command of mixing intimacy with spectacle remains gripping. - Associated Press
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| Posted Nov 08, 2022
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Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) |
How much sympathy can we muster for a wealthy, celebrated filmmaker on holiday? It’s hard not to roll your eyes when Silverio says things like, “Success has been my biggest failure.” - Associated Press
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| Posted Nov 03, 2022
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Call Jane (2022) |
Few know how to tease out threads of repression in a society like Nagy. The conventional approach of Call Jane is a statement, itself. This could be anyone’s story. - Associated Press
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| Posted Oct 27, 2022
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Descendant (2022) |
One of the best films of the year... Brown roves across the land, crowding her film with a wide spectrum of voices for a living oral history that reckons with the long shadow of slavery. - Associated Press
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| Posted Oct 21, 2022
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Ticket to Paradise (2022) |
There’s not nearly as much to laugh at here as you might expect, as Ticket to Paradise remains mostly content, like a dozing beachgoer, to bask in the glow of its stars. - Associated Press
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| Posted Oct 17, 2022
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Till (2022) |
Deadwyler gives a career-making performance as Mamie, perfectly poised between grief and strength. The film, which is dedicated to Mamie, ultimately belongs to her. - Associated Press
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| Posted Oct 11, 2022
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Tár (2022) |
Blanchett gives a colossal tour-de-force performance that may be the finest of her career... The answers Fields supplies are not always satisfying, but for much of the film, he and Blanchett orchestrate a mesmerizing character study.
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| Posted Oct 06, 2022
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Smile (2022) |
I have mostly frowny faces for Smile, a bluntly unsettling and blandly grim new horror flick that wrings as much mileage as it can out of a twisted grin. - Associated Press
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| Posted Sep 29, 2022
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Don't Worry Darling (2022) |
Though it’s a compelling starting framework for Don’t Worry Darling, every little revelation is bluntly over-the-top, sapping the movie of any mystery. - Associated Press
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| Posted Sep 21, 2022
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Moonage Daydream (2022) |
Brett Morgan’s David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream plunges into the mind of the rock star and comes away with something that, at its best, is a gift of sound and vision. - Associated Press
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| Posted Sep 15, 2022
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Pinocchio (2022) |
The effect is an awkward fusion of fake and real that strains to find any magic in between. This Pinocchio, unfortunately, is no real boy, at all. - Associated Press
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| Posted Sep 08, 2022
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Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022) |
Honk for Jesus has an empty, airless chamber piece quality, sticking largely to small scenes around the edges of the church that mostly trade on Lee-Curtis and Trinitie’s obvious hypocrisy. - Associated Press
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| Posted Aug 31, 2022
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Breaking (2022) |
By the time Breaking creeps to its bloody climax, the movie has only made a thin sketch of its protagonist despite Boyega’s obvious dedication. Everything driving Corbin’s film is to be lauded, yet Breaking feels oddly lacking in drive. - Associated Press
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| Posted Aug 24, 2022
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Beast (2022) |
Elba’s commitment to the film gives it more psychological weight than it might deserve. Nothing will surprise you in how Beast unfolds except for how engrossing it manages to be. - Associated Press
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| Posted Aug 19, 2022
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Day Shift (2022) |
The slapdash vibe of Day Shift has its charms. It’s built almost perfectly to be the kind of thing you might, after some scrolling, absentmindedly click to watch on Netflix and end of watching for its sheer watchability. That’s due largely to Foxx. - Associated Press
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| Posted Aug 12, 2022
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Bullet Train (2022) |
The more-is-more manic energy of Bullet Train eventually peters out, since that’s all the movie was ever running on. Well, that and Pitt. His charm alone does wonders for the movie, raising it at least to the level of watchable. - Associated Press
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| Posted Aug 03, 2022
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) |
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris stretches a bit to make high and low meet harmoniously, but it often manages the feat, thanks especially to Manville. As a force of British charm, you could imagine her Ada one day teaming up with Paddington. - Associated Press
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| Posted Jul 15, 2022
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Fire of Love (2022) |
Fire of Love, excavates their unique story, and the jaw-dropping footage the Kraffts left behind, in a film exploding with awe for the mysterious alchemies of love and obsession. - Associated Press
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| Posted Jul 06, 2022
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Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) |
Rise of Gru, directed by franchise veteran Kyle Balda, supplies a brisk and breezy 88-minute Minion morsel to keep the pipsqueak masses sated before the next Despicable Me movie. - Associated Press
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| Posted Jun 30, 2022
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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) |
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On could be considered a kids movie or an art-house indie. But its proper audience might be anyone who’s ever felt sanded down by life, and could use a roll in Marcel’s rover. - Associated Press
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| Posted Jun 22, 2022
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Lightyear (2022) |
A dead-end wrong turn in the usually boundless Pixar universe. - Associated Press
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| Posted Jun 14, 2022
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Hustle (2022) |
It’s one of the most textured and affectionate films about basketball that’s come along in a long time. - Associated Press
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| Posted Jun 10, 2022
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