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Laura Kern

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

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The Commune (2016) 71% EDIT “The Commune may not rank with Vinterberg's most potent work (The Celebration, The Hunt), but as its lingering emotional impact attests, the film's simplicities are quite deceptive.” – Film Comment Magazine May 5, 2017 Full Review Into the Forest (2015) 76% EDIT “Nell and Eva's relationship forms the heart of the film and, along with the fleeting moments of ecstasy they find in things previously taken for granted, their bond provides something of genuine beauty in a progressively bleak world.” – Film Comment Magazine Sep 6, 2016 Full Review Road Games (2015) 83% EDIT “Nothing is quite what is seems on this psycho road trip, and crazy revelations are eventually spilled.” – Film Comment Magazine Sep 30, 2015 Full Review The Final Girls (2015) 76% EDIT “[Strauss-Schulson's] sophomore feature is a sharp, wickedly funny, and unexpectedly heartfelt homage.” – Film Comment Magazine Sep 14, 2015 Full Review Southpaw (2015) 59% EDIT “Despite the occasional cliché (the too-perfect social worker, most glaringly), Southpaw is action-specialist Antoine Fuqua's most solid work since 2001's Training Day.” – Film Comment Magazine Jul 2, 2015 Full Review Turbo Kid (2015) 89% EDIT “Perhaps the most colorful film ever made with a postapocalyptic setting, Turbo Kid is a loud, energetic homage to Eighties kitsch.” – Film Comment Magazine Mar 24, 2015 Full Review The Salvation (2014) 72% EDIT “Slick, hyperstylized, and lushly scored- a far cry from Levring and co-writer Anders Thomas Jensen's Dogme days-The Salvation is, under its glossy Western veneer, a simple, old-fashioned revenge thriller.” – Film Comment Magazine Mar 6, 2015 Full Review The Maid (2009) 93% EDIT “The Maid is a film that defies expectations; expect to feel ashamed of yourself.” – Film Comment Magazine Oct 20, 2014 Full Review The Messenger (2009) 90% EDIT “[Foster and Harrelson's] interplay, on the job (ruining the day of one unfortunate person after the next) and off...provides the backbone of this erratically paced film.” – Film Comment Magazine Oct 20, 2014 Full Review Mammoth (2009) 45% EDIT “The real trouble with Mammoth is that [Lukas] Moodysson, more practiced in subtlety than he's given credit for, exhibits none here.” – Film Comment Magazine Sep 24, 2014 Full Review Brothers (2009) 63% EDIT “Anyone fond of Danish director Susanne Bier's 2004 original should steer clear of this ill-advised though faithful remake by Jim Sheridan.” – Film Comment Magazine Sep 24, 2014 Full Review Daybreakers (2009) 69% EDIT “A slick, violent, and intensely gloomy horror/action/sci-fi hybrid that stands out in a crowded field of end-of-mankind movie scenarios.” – Film Comment Magazine Sep 24, 2014 Full Review Creation (2009) 47% EDIT “An elegant, melancholy movie about storytelling, science vs. religion, family, life, and death.” – Film Comment Magazine Sep 24, 2014 Full Review The Zero Theorem (2013) 49% EDIT “The Zero Theorem is very much a Terry Gilliam film: fantastical, kooky, occasionally sloppy, but with a big brain and a beating heart. And like most of his work, it won't appeal to all, but its unmistakable passion makes it well worth the while.” – Film Comment Magazine Sep 15, 2014 Full Review Blue Ruin (2013) 96% EDIT “The absolute antithesis of the standard cheer-on-the-wronged revenge thriller, Blue Ruin is a stripped-down take that unfolds much the way it might in real life.” – Film Comment Magazine Apr 21, 2014 Full Review Estômago: A Gastronomic Story (2007) EDIT “Its frequent close-ups of dishes being prepared are so luscious-and its accompanying score so playfully lusty-that it might even be described as food porn.” – Film Comment Magazine Nov 14, 2013 Full Review The Good Heart (2009) 32% EDIT “The relationship of the characters played by Cox and Dano, more innocent than the dynamic the two actors explored nine years ago in L.I.E., makes for an eccentric buddy-film gone right.” – Film Comment Magazine Nov 13, 2013 Full Review Mademoiselle Chambon (2009) 82% EDIT “Mademoiselle Chambon may be a small film about inconsequential people, but the situations and emotions it stirs up are universally profound” – Film Comment Magazine Nov 13, 2013 Full Review Animal Kingdom (2010) 94% EDIT “Seldom is a debut feature handled with such assurance and intelligence” – Film Comment Magazine Nov 13, 2013 Full Review Heartbreaker (2010) 68% EDIT “To fully appreciate the pleasures of Pascal Chaumeil's debut feature, Heartbreaker, it helps to know-and love-Dirty Dancing.” – Film Comment Magazine Nov 12, 2013 Full Review Dallas Buyers Club (2013) 92% EDIT “Perhaps the cinematic equivalent of tough love, Dallas Buyers Club may be more feel-bad than it would have been in the hands of the more clich-inclined.” – Film Comment Magazine Nov 12, 2013 Full Review Kidnapped (1995) EDIT “The drama remains strictly confined indoors, intensified by handheld camerawork, in-your-face close-ups, and an inspired use of split screen” – Film Comment Magazine Nov 7, 2013 Full Review The Cabin in the Woods (2011) 92% EDIT “Taking its cue from Michael Haneke's deeper, crueler Funny Games, The Cabin in the Woods explores why we-sicko viewers-take pleasure in the suffering of others.” – Film Comment Magazine Nov 5, 2013 Full Review You're Next (2013) 79% EDIT “A rare example of satisfying horror-comedy, a crowd-pleaser laced with some hilariously gruesome violence.” – Film Comment Magazine Jul 12, 2013 Full Review The Hunt (2012) 92% EDIT “Mikkelsen, one of his country's finest actors, in collaboration with Thomas Vinterberg, one of its finest directors, delivers what may be his strongest performance yet.” – Film Comment Magazine Jul 12, 2013 Full Review
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