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Maureen Lee Lenker

Maureen Lee Lenker's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Freakier Friday (2025) 73% A- EDIT “It's a heart-on-its-sleeve ode to strengthening and forging bonds, the power of deep and unconditional love, and the warmth and safety of one's chosen family, most especially when it's at its freakiest.” – Entertainment Weekly Aug 5, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% B EDIT “Via this 1960s-coded setting, Shakman leans into the comic book kitschiness inherent to the material, embracing it with gonzo gusto, as opposed to trying to achieve any degree of gritty realism. ” – Entertainment Weekly Jul 22, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% B- EDIT “Gunn gives Krypto all the cute, frustrating traits of the best of man's best friends, furthering Superman's compassion and the film's playfulness.” – Entertainment Weekly Jul 8, 2025 Full Review Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) 50% B+ EDIT “Jurassic Park Rebirth is one of the more successful and satisfying entries in the franchise precisely because it, uh, finds a way to keep Loomis’ mantra close, foregrounding the film’s sense of wonder above a mere blatant cash grab.” – Entertainment Weekly Jun 30, 2025 Full Review How to Train Your Dragon (2025) 77% B EDIT “In that regard, the film is every bit as earnest, captivating, and thrilling as its animated twin. And maybe that’s enough.” – Entertainment Weekly Jun 11, 2025 Full Review Materialists (2025) 77% B+ EDIT “There’s a version of this film where Lucy would be the villain... But Song is far too smart for that. Instead, she employs the trappings of romance to explore larger questions of marriage, love, and the complexities of gender politics. ” – Entertainment Weekly Jun 9, 2025 Full Review Lilo & Stitch (2025) 72% B+ EDIT “Now 3-D rather than mere pen and ink, [Stitch] looks instantly huggable, so much so that I can’t even begrudge Disney the thousands of stuffed Stitch toys this is bound to sell.” – Entertainment Weekly May 20, 2025 Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 46% B EDIT “We hope it’s merely the beginning of that aspect of Sam’s story. Because Brave New World’s legacy will always belong to Harrison Ford.” – Entertainment Weekly Feb 12, 2025 Full Review Companion (2025) 93% B+ EDIT “Hancock's feature directorial debut is a hell of an invigorating revenge fantasy, made all the more satisfying by its own winking self-awareness. ” – Entertainment Weekly Jan 22, 2025 Full Review Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) 56% C+ EDIT “Mufasa doesn’t offer the iconic character a story worthy of his eminence. ” – Entertainment Weekly Dec 23, 2024 Full Review Gladiator II (2024) 70% A EDIT “While some of the plot points may leave a queasy feeling in the pit of your stomach given their modern parallels, one truth rises above the rest: With a movie this meticulously made, there's no way to not be entertained.” – Entertainment Weekly Nov 11, 2024 Full Review Unstoppable (2024) 77% B- EDIT “The movie is well made and it’s a lovely celebration of a real-life hero. ” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 16, 2024 Full Review Megalopolis (2024) 46% F EDIT “The film may be set in the future but its views on sexuality, men and women, and power are hopelessly stuck in the past.” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 16, 2024 Full Review Queer (2024) 77% C EDIT “Queer is an exercise in cinematic smugness.” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 16, 2024 Full Review Better Man (2024) 89% B EDIT “Better Man is beautifully emotional and engaging, and it’s an admirably big swing.” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 11, 2024 Full Review All of You (2024) 71% A- EDIT “The film simply wrecks us as much as it does its two characters, delivering a weepie of the highest order. ” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 10, 2024 Full Review The Order (2024) 93% B EDIT “Achilling slice of historical memory in the ways it studies one of the earliest iterations of the version of white nationalism currently insinuating itself into American politics — and its haunting understanding of the insidious creep of such beliefs. ” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 10, 2024 Full Review Heretic (2024) 90% B+ EDIT “Suffice it to say that never has pondering theology been so devilishly entertaining ” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 10, 2024 Full Review Nightbitch (2024) 60% A- EDIT “A movie about insisting on your joy and fiercely holding tight to it, not in spite of your motherhood but alongside it. ” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 9, 2024 Full Review Eden (2024) 58% C+ EDIT “Here, the end result is more of an erratic blend of survival drama, historical oddity, and petty domestic intrigue that boils down into a morass of standout moments dragged down by the film's weaknesses as a whole.” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 9, 2024 Full Review The Last Showgirl (2024) 83% A EDIT “A triumphant proclamation that no matter how faded your sequins or dull your rhinestones, no one can take away or diminish a loving heart, particularly when one has the strength to turn it inwards.” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 9, 2024 Full Review The Cut (2024) 69% C- EDIT “It keeps its audience against the ropes, bludgeoning viewers with a trite, histrionic tale of trauma...” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 9, 2024 Full Review The Substance (2024) 89% B+ EDIT “While it is so over-the-top as to verge on camp, it is also a chillingly pointed expression of the madness that ensues in pursuit of impossible standards.” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 9, 2024 Full Review The Room Next Door (2024) 80% B+ EDIT “The Room Next Door is not a dour film. In fact, it’s rather optimistic, celebrating the beauties of life and meaningful connection in the face of death with a thoughtful, pensive tone.” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 9, 2024 Full Review Saturday Night (2024) 77% A- EDIT “It might not be as provocative as its source material, but live from New York...it's a wildly entertaining love letter to a night of television that marked a cultural watershed. ” – Entertainment Weekly Sep 4, 2024 Full Review
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