Nick Roddick
Nick Roddick's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Sight & Sound
London Evening Standard
Movies reviews only
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Witness (1985) |
The film allows us, in the company of Book, to take a sort of holiday from our normal concerns, to visit other values en touriste , drawing the strengths from a strange and alien tradition without really immersing ourselves in it. - Sight & Sound
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| Posted Mar 24, 2020
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Damsel (2018) |
Damsel manages to import any number of modern notions into a surprisingly traditional western structure, recognising the appeal of the genre while not being afraid to steer it into some distinctly modern channels. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Feb 23, 2018
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7 Days in Entebbe (2018) |
The hijacking of an Air France passenger jet on a flight from Tel Aviv to Paris in June 1967 has been celebrated and cross-examined in documentaries as well as left to Charles Bronson to resolve in a 1976 action film. Did we really need another version? - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Feb 23, 2018
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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) |
The result is always entertaining, at times life-enhancing. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Feb 23, 2018
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The Happy Prince (2018) |
Both moving and revealing. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Feb 23, 2018
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Isle of Dogs (2018) |
While Anderson's many fans will doubtless enjoy unpicking the film's visual delights, the rest of us may find Isle of Dogs delivering a lot of bark but not enough bite. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Feb 16, 2018
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Orange Sunshine (2016) |
Using still photos, modern-day talking heads and gorgeous re-enactments, the film is a jaw-dropping piece of social history. It's also a lot of fun, with some tears along the way. Did someone say 'trip'? - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Oct 25, 2016
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Little Sister (2015) |
Slightly hampered by an episodic structure deriving from its source, Our Little Sister is nevertheless a seductive and engrossing celebration of family and community. - Sight & Sound
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| Posted Nov 05, 2015
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Back Home (2015) |
Louder than Bombs is emotionally intelligent and certainly holds the attention, particularly during the first 30 minutes, but ultimately fails to live up to its initial promise. - Sight & Sound
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| Posted Sep 15, 2015
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Pride (2014) |
Loud, proud and glad to be gay (and lesbian), Pride winningly records an improbable moment of recent history. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Jul 10, 2014
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After the Battle (2012) |
After the Battle is such a useful corrective to the romanticisation of the Egyptian revolution that forgiveness is easy. It deserves to be seen more widely. - Sight & Sound
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| Posted May 21, 2012
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Nobody Walks (2012) |
An underwhelming comedy about the clash between East Coast edginess and laid-back LA which rarely rises above the formulaic. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Apr 27, 2012
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A Place at the Table (2012) |
The film explains with devastating simplicity why so many go hungry in a country with more than enough food to go round. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Apr 27, 2012
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This Must Be the Place (2011) |
Sorrentino's film asks you politely to believe in what it is doing. Buy in, and you'll have a great evening. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Oct 26, 2011
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Footnote (2011) |
Shows just what you can do with a carefully constructed plot and lovingly drawn characters - even if, in the end, neither of them is particularly lovable. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Oct 25, 2011
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011) |
The circumstances here, like the characters, are fascinatingly complex. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Oct 24, 2011
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The Kid with a Bike (2011) |
Intriguing, exciting, amusing, moving - and with a strong message about the way society treats the people at the bottom of the heap. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Oct 21, 2011
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Sing Your Song (2011) |
[It] does a lot more than celebrate a great entertainer: it charts Belafonte's ceaseless activism, which has seen him stand alongside both Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Oct 20, 2011
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The Giants (2011) |
If you want a refreshing coming-of-age comedy without any global pretensions set in the backwoods of Europe, you couldn't do better... - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Oct 13, 2011
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A Separation (2011) |
Will make you re-examine everything you thought you knew about Iran. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted Jun 22, 2011
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The Conquest (2011) |
Neither hatchet job nor hagiography, it entertainingly lifts the lid on a period which changed France's political landscape forever. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted May 19, 2011
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Midnight in Paris (2011) |
As cinematic froth, Midnight in Paris passes the time prettily enough. But neither its characters nor its sense of place really stands up in the light of day. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted May 11, 2011
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Monsters (2010) |
An astonishing achievement for first-time British feature director Gareth Edwards. - Sight & Sound
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| Posted Apr 04, 2011
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Up (2009) |
Vies with Monsters Inc and Wall-E as the best and most inventive of the Pixar films - with, as it were, added depth. - London Evening Standard
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| Posted May 13, 2009
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The Weeping Meadow (2004) |
Not necessarily 'a great film' (though I suspect it will come to be regarded as that), but the work of a master absolutely sure about what he wants to do, and fully capable of achieving it. - Sight & Sound
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| Posted Feb 01, 2005
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Payback (1999) |
Both star and director seem to be more interested in playing off perceptions of Gibson's on-screen persona than in actually telling the story, which lurches along from one violent set piece to the next. - Sight & Sound
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| Posted Mar 05, 2002
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