Nina Metz
Nina Metz's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Chicago Tribune
Movies reviews only
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Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023) |
Directed by James Adolphus, Being Mary Tyler Moore relies on old interviews with Moore, who died in 2017, and new off-camera interviews that Adolphus layers in as voice-overs. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted May 25, 2023
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White Men Can't Jump (2023) |
Hoop dreams, indeed. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted May 19, 2023
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Murder Mystery 2 (2023) |
Ding-dongs solving mysteries is a decent premise. But the house style of the movies is more celebrities-delivering-lines rather than its two leads committing to the camp of it all. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Apr 03, 2023
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Tetris (2023) |
The movie’s focus on Henk’s point of view feels like a miscalculation. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Mar 29, 2023
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Maybe I Do (2023) |
Gere is the movie’s saving grace and somehow makes it all seem worth it. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Feb 22, 2023
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Somebody I Used To Know (2023) |
How the story resolves itself is one of the more inspired and thoughtful narrative gambits in recent memory, landing on a hard-won emotional maturity. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Feb 21, 2023
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Causeway (2022) |
As a film, “Causeway” is perhaps too cautious and oblique about the story it wants to tell. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Nov 03, 2022
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Confess, Fletch (2022) |
Fletch tends to think he’s the smartest guy in the room. So how is that supposed to work when the performance itself is so adrift and unappealing? - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Sep 15, 2022
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See How They Run (2022) |
I’m not saying whodunits should be humorless. Far from it! But it’s as if all the reliable tropes, the twists and turns, are seen as passe and best mitigated with self-aware comedy skewering it all. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Sep 15, 2022
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The Princess (2022) |
Diana’s very presence was raw meat for a ravenous press pack. It’s frightening to see it play out. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Aug 12, 2022
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Don't Make Me Go (2022) |
It’s not an unpleasant film, by any means. But it’s not one that makes a case for itself, either. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Jul 14, 2022
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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) |
The film is intimate without feeling particularly deep or complicated. Not that it needs to be. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Jun 17, 2022
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Hustle (2022) |
There aren’t really any characters, it’s kind of remarkable. It’s a film that doesn’t even rely on archetypes, it simply populates the screen with people, some of whom occasionally say things. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Jun 03, 2022
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Our Father (2022) |
“Isn’t this terrible?” the documentary asks, while never digging much deeper. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted May 12, 2022
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All the Old Knives (2022) |
“All the Old Knives” settles for all the old tropes. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Apr 08, 2022
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The Bubble (2022) |
Doesn’t bring anything new or especially satisfying to the genre, going for gently absurd rather than truly savage in its ridicule of the rich and famous. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Apr 01, 2022
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Lucy and Desi (2022) |
The relationship at the film’s center remains a combustible mystery. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Mar 03, 2022
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Marry Me (2022) |
Let’s call the whole thing off. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Feb 10, 2022
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Being the Ricardos (2021) |
A biopic that offers little more than an exercise in re-enactment. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Dec 09, 2021
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Single All the Way (2021) |
"Single All the Way" cannot sustain itself on Urie's considerable charms alone, but he's been underused since the days of "Ugly Betty" that it's thrilling to see him in a starring role. If only it was a better one. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Dec 02, 2021
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Finch (2021) |
Though not originally produced with streaming in mind, "Finch" absolutely feels like it was designed by algorithm. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Nov 04, 2021
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Good Timing with Jo Firestone (2021) |
Watching the special, it's clear no one is thinking about their act in terms of whether it punches up or punches down. There is no punching. Only self-deprecation. And an invitation to laugh. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Oct 20, 2021
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Found (2021) |
It's stunning to hear that each nanny remembers the girls so clearly. Are these true memories or wishful thinking? Maybe it doesn't matter. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Oct 20, 2021
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Britney Vs Spears (2021) |
Once again she was scooped, because "Controlling Britney Spears" simply has more specifics. If you're only going to watch one, head on over to Hulu. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Sep 30, 2021
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The Starling (2021) |
If you're tempted to add it to your queue, McCarthy's open-faced performance is reason enough to give it your time, even if nearly everything surrounding her feels unworthy. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Sep 24, 2021
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Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (2021) |
The documentary is strongest when it simply lets Steve - who resembles his father, minus the poof of hair - sift through his memories. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Aug 26, 2021
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The Housewife and the Hustler (2021) |
More primer than analysis, the strengths of "The Housewife and the Hustler" lie in its interviews with Tom's former clients. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Jun 17, 2021
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Friends: The Reunion (2021) |
It's one thing to be pleasantly dull. It's another to still peddle fallacies: The show's premise was one "we hadn't seen before," co-creator David Crane says here, despite the fact that "Living Single..." had premiered exactly one year earlier. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted May 26, 2021
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Together Together (2021) |
Harrison is tremendous. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted May 12, 2021
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Tina (2021) |
The film doesn't seem particularly interested in who Turner is as an artist, or her creative inclinations and musical instincts. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Mar 29, 2021
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Moxie (2021) |
The end result is a movie that comes across as disappointingly vacant, a jumbled collection of good intentions gone wrong. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Mar 03, 2021
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Test Pattern (2021) |
By contrasting two different nights out in Austin, writer-director Shatara Michelle Ford is doing something so canny in her debut indie feature "Test Pattern." - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Feb 18, 2021
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Minari (2020) |
It's a wonderful cast all around, and it's especially thrilling to see how Yeun's career has progressed over the years... - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Feb 11, 2021
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Imperfections (2016) |
As a caper, it's a breezy hour and 43 minutes of well-done indie filmmaking. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Jul 27, 2017
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Buddymoon (2016) |
The film is fiction, but you can see the ties of a real friendship at work here, and that is part of the charm. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Jul 11, 2016
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Teacher of the Year (2014) |
Weirdly, this tonal combination actually works, most of the time at least. - Chicago Tribune
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| Posted Apr 29, 2015
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