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Josh Larsen

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Josh Larsen is the former movie critic for a group of Chicago-area newspapers and current co-host of Filmspotting. You can read his work at LarsenOnFilm.com.

Official Website:

http://www.larsenonfilm.com/index.php

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Blue Heron (2025) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “... demonstrates how the past always seems to elude us, no matter what tools we bring to bear on it.” – LarsenOnFilm May 8, 2026 Full Review The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) 83% 3/4 EDIT “... takes its time getting interesting.” – LarsenOnFilm May 7, 2026 Full Review Rome, Open City (1945) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “... has a ramshackle neorealism, yet pulses with the tension of an espionage thriller.” – LarsenOnFilm May 6, 2026 Full Review The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) 78% 2.5/4 EDIT “... a 'let them eat cake' distraction for the multiplex crowd.” – LarsenOnFilm May 5, 2026 Full Review Silkwood (1983) 78% 3/4 EDIT “Streep is as loose as she’s ever been...” – LarsenOnFilm May 1, 2026 Full Review Mother Mary (2026) 72% EDIT “A collage of religio-goth gestures...” – LarsenOnFilm Apr 29, 2026 Full Review The Great Dictator (1940) 92% 3/4 EDIT “Charlie Chaplin was not messing around.” – LarsenOnFilm Apr 28, 2026 Full Review Sophie's Choice (1982) 75% 3/4 EDIT “Streep has what can only be called a commanding fragility.” – LarsenOnFilm Apr 27, 2026 Full Review Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) 90% 3/4 EDIT “A crucial time-capsule movie...” – LarsenOnFilm Apr 24, 2026 Full Review Death Becomes Her (1992) 58% 2.5/4 EDIT “... the central idea is tantalizing and the cast is having so much fun...” – LarsenOnFilm Apr 21, 2026 Full Review James and the Giant Peach (1996) 91% EDIT “James and the Giant Peach is a wondrous interpretation of Dahl’s book that revives the magical possibilities of film while liberating our own imaginations as well.” – LarsenOnFilm Apr 9, 2026 Full Review The Drama (2026) 76% 1.5/4 EDIT “... inflicts a contrived construct on Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, one from which they never escape.” – LarsenOnFilm Apr 6, 2026 Full Review Tender Mercies (1983) 83% 4/4 EDIT “... an unhurried meditation on prodigal singers and profligate love.” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 31, 2026 Full Review The Great Santini (1979) 95% 2.5/4 EDIT “... has a literally commanding Duvall at the center of it.” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 29, 2026 Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 94% 3/4 EDIT “Ryan Gosling passes the Muppet test with Project Hail Mary, even though it’s not a Muppet movie.” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 26, 2026 Full Review Out of the Past (1947) 87% 4/4 EDIT “Mitchum holds the screen in the palm of his hand without appearing to even try...” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 21, 2026 Full Review THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% 3/4 EDIT “The fun here is in the audacious attempt and the performances.” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 18, 2026 Full Review Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 86% 2/4 EDIT “A bit of a whiff for Frank Capra...” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 17, 2026 Full Review Stand by Me (1986) 89% 3/4 EDIT “... has a wistful, morbid magic.” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 13, 2026 Full Review By the Time It Gets Dark (2016) 91% 3/4 EDIT “While always mesmerized, I admittedly got lost amidst the layers...” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 4, 2026 Full Review Two Minutes Late (1952) 2/4 EDIT “... aims to be a big-screen version of a lurid pulp crime novel.” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 1, 2026 Full Review Xiao Wu (1998) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “... a scrappy, neo-realist tale of societal scrounging that’s paused by poetic moments of slow cinema.” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 23, 2026 Full Review Tropical Malady (2004) 80% 3.5/4 EDIT “Unusually sensitive, in the sense that every element seems to pulse with its own life force. . .” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 20, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 57% 2.5/4 EDIT “This is not your mother’s Wuthering Heights!" the movie howls back at the wind whipping over those moors.” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 18, 2026 Full Review Drunken Angel (1948) 94% 3.5/4 EDIT “... has significant Ash Wednesday resonance.” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 15, 2026 Full Review
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