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Robert Ruggio

Robert Ruggio's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Sun Rises on Us All (2025) 79% C EDIT “Even though it is shot in simple and unassuming way, making it an interesting visual journey, The Sun Rises On Us All commits the capital crime of relying on a script that banalizes its characters and going for gratuitous and displeasing plot developments” – AwardsWatch Sep 5, 2025 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 88% A EDIT “Angelic and fierce at once, Seyfried gives the performance of a lifetime, ferocious and visceral and vulnerable, making Ann Lee not just a historical figure from the past, but making her alive again.” – AwardsWatch Sep 1, 2025 Full Review After the Hunt (2025) 37% C- EDIT “Despite the hotly controversial subject matter, and the themes that the movie decides to attach to it, like ethnic/racial privilege not just in academia, the movie doesn’t seem to have much to say, or it doesn’t seem to know what it wants to say.” – AwardsWatch Aug 29, 2025 Full Review La Grazia (2025) 81% A EDIT “...with La Grazia [Sorrentino's] made one of his best films and definitely his strongest political statement: one can almost feel his rage at the current almost pathologically narcissistic politicians.” – AwardsWatch Aug 27, 2025 Full Review I'm Still Here (2024) 97% A- EDIT “The respect he shows towards the Paiva family, with whom he’s also close, proves that he was the right person for this movie.” – AwardsWatch Sep 3, 2024 Full Review Kill the Jockey (2024) 86% B EDIT “Kill The Jockey is a very fascinating film; a funny, sometimes very funny, sometimes grotesque black comedy about a mob boss chasing down a jockey, but it’s also a tender, sweet melodrama about a man looking for his true identity...” – AwardsWatch Aug 30, 2024 Full Review The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023) 95% EDIT “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial is further proof that William Friedkin was a master filmmaker and that he will be missed.” – AwardsWatch Sep 4, 2023 Full Review The Beast (2023) 86% A EDIT “Is it sci-fi? Is it a romance? Is it a mystery? Is it a drama? It’s all these things together and none of them at the same time. It is moving and alienating, intellectual and visceral, it is challenging and confusing but it’s undeniably a human story.” – AwardsWatch Sep 3, 2023 Full Review El Conde (2023) 83% A- EDIT “Shot by Edward Lachman (Carol, I’m Not There, Far From Heaven) in a desolating black-and-white that somehow echoes Dreyer and Bergman” – AwardsWatch Aug 31, 2023 Full Review Saint Omer (2022) 95% A EDIT “Laurence’s tale is touching as it is disturbing, both for us and for the rest of the characters.” – AwardsWatch Sep 7, 2022 Full Review The Son (2022) 29% C+ EDIT “ Despite the impressive talent on either side of the camera, The Son is a manifesto of squandered potential that would have benefitted from a different approach.” – AwardsWatch Sep 7, 2022 Full Review The Whale (2022) 64% A EDIT “The Whale wouldn’t be as effective if it wasn’t for the incredible lead performance given by Brendan Fraser...and I don’t think anyone could have played Charlie the way Fraser did.” – AwardsWatch Sep 4, 2022 Full Review Argentina, 1985 (2022) 96% B- EDIT “Argentinian actor Ricardo Darìn gives a flawless performance as the prosecutor with the task of a lifetime” – AwardsWatch Sep 4, 2022 Full Review All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) 95% A+ EDIT “It is a masterpiece of profound humanity, of acute sensitivity, of extreme emotional purity that left me spellbound in quite a few moments.” – AwardsWatch Sep 3, 2022 Full Review Athena (2022) 87% A- EDIT “ Athena is cinematic and theatrical at once, retaining the best of both worlds, and credit must be given to director Romain Gavras for such a muscular direction” – AwardsWatch Sep 2, 2022 Full Review Reflection (2021) 95% B- EDIT “Reflection is a film that aims very high but, despite the technical prowess of its director and a realistic look at war, falls rather flat.” – AwardsWatch Sep 16, 2021 Full Review The Last Duel (2021) 85% C+ EDIT “The trial-by-combat that ends the film is the real problem in the script: written by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Nicole Holofcener (who was hired to write the third act from a female perspective), the screenplay never finds its balance.” – AwardsWatch Sep 10, 2021 Full Review The Hand of God (2021) 84% A EDIT “It's a poetic elegy to a city, a chant of love to a hero, a love letter to a family, and an honest self-portrayal. It's lively and humorous, tragic and dramatic, epic and intimate.” – AwardsWatch Sep 2, 2021 Full Review The Power of the Dog (2021) 94% A- EDIT “Rich, thoughtful, visually and narratively compelling, The Power of The Dog proves once again why Jane Campion is one of the most interesting and respected filmmakers of our time.” – AwardsWatch Sep 2, 2021 Full Review Parallel Mothers (2021) 96% A- EDIT “At the center of the movie is an expectedly great cast: Penélope Cruz is sensational as Janis, a true powerhouse performance from Spain's leading actress and the world's closest heir to Sophia Loren and Anna Magnani” – AwardsWatch Sep 2, 2021 Full Review
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