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Siobhan Synnot

Siobhan Synnot's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Red Path (2024) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Despite a string of awards at film festivals, including the Red Sea’s Golden Yusr, it has taken Red Path three years to get a UK theatrical release, but its focus on childhoods violated by war has never felt more timely, potent, or provocative. ” – Scotsman Jun 17, 2025 Full Review Elio (2025) 83% 3/5 EDIT “Yet while the film’s sentiments are hard-earned and pack an emotional punch, the narrative is built on predictable bones of heroes' journeys and homilies. ” – Scotsman Jun 17, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 54% 7/10 EDIT “...although the film blends stunning effects with familiar themes and faces, the new film will disappoint any movie-goers new to the series. However, die-hard Star Wars fans are sure to love it.” – Daily Record (UK) Apr 16, 2025 Full Review Tarzan (1999) 90% 9/10 EDIT “Something to yell about from the treetops. It looks fantastic and blends humour with romance to produce a hugely enjoyable film.” – Daily Record (UK) Dec 20, 2024 Full Review One Night Stand (1997) 34% EDIT “[An] irritatingly languid bout of yuppie love.” – Daily Record (UK) Aug 6, 2024 Full Review 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997) 7% EDIT “The only surprise in this predictable movie is that it's by the man who won an Oscar for scripting Dead Poets' Society. ” – Daily Record (UK) Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Alien Resurrection (1997) 56% EDIT “Alien Resurrection manages a fresh spin on what seemed to be an exhausted series. ” – Daily Record (UK) Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Grease (1978) 65% 8/10 EDIT “In the supporting cast, you can find the movie's one truly great performance from Stockard Channing, as Rizzo.” – Daily Record (UK) Feb 2, 2024 Full Review The Matrix (1999) 83% 7/10 EDIT “The Matrix is just the right film to put Keanu back on track; an exhilarating, exciting cyber thriller with all the brains of a headless chicken.” – Daily Record (UK) Jul 13, 2023 Full Review The Lovebirds (2020) 66% 1/5 EDIT “At least on Netflix, no-one has to shell out for a babysitter to watch this on date night, but this slapdash film is strictly for the birds.” – Scotsman May 27, 2020 Full Review The County (2019) 84% 3/5 EDIT “As drama, The County may eschew big speeches and big references, but it clearly nods to the undermining of communal effort and the implacable creep of monocultures and global companies.” – Scotsman May 27, 2020 Full Review Selma (2014) 99% 4/5 EDIT “Don't let this put you off Selma: it's a good, although not great movie, that steers a coherent path through a weighty historical moment.” – Scotsman Oct 4, 2018 Full Review Quantum of Solace (2008) 63% 3/5 EDIT “Maybe Bond is still an action figure whose default setting is beating up bad guys, pulling out a gun and running across roofs. But if boys have to be boys, it's a huge relief to know the new Bond age is confident enough to keep them conflicted about it.” – Scotland on Sunday Nov 2, 2015 Full Review Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) 75% 4/5 EDIT “Firth is the lynchpin of Kingsman. It's a pleasure to watch him take down a pub full of heavies, but Firth also brings a suave wit to his line readings and a moral core to the over-caffeinated violence.” – Scotland on Sunday Jul 13, 2015 Full Review X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) 90% 3/5 EDIT “I like that X-Men eschews the hipster cynicism of other superhero movies, and that Singer encourages the cast to give their performances Shakespearian vigour.” – Scotland on Sunday Jul 13, 2015 Full Review Kick-Ass 2 (2013) 33% 3/5 EDIT “This time the transgressive punch-ups feel awfully forced.” – Scotland on Sunday Jul 7, 2015 Full Review Amour fou (2014) 88% 3/5 EDIT “The pace is slow and the comedy mordant, but Friedel and Schnoeink are terrific.” – Scotsman Feb 9, 2015 Full Review The Turning (2013) 86% 3/5 EDIT “Winton is important to Australian culture, but a less fragmented, reverent approach would serve his work better.” – Scotsman Feb 9, 2015 Full Review Love Is Strange (2014) 93% 3/5 EDIT “Gentle and naturalistic, Love Is Strange is an intimate portrait of devotion that you will root for, without falling in love.” – Scotsman Feb 9, 2015 Full Review Jupiter Ascending (2015) 27% 2/5 EDIT “Jupiter Ascending vibrates like an episode of Star Wars retold by a teenager on Red Bull, a cacophony of nonsense that peaks with poor Sean Bean telling us that "bees are genetically designed to recognise royalty".” – Scotsman Feb 9, 2015 Full Review Son of a Gun (2014) 63% 3/5 EDIT “There are some exciting set pieces and McGregor is unusually but effectively cast as a hardboiled lifer.” – Scotsman Jan 27, 2015 Full Review The Gambler (2014) 43% 3/5 EDIT “The movie has the sheen but lacks the sweat of James Toback's original riff on Dostoevsky's autobiographical story.” – Scotsman Jan 19, 2015 Full Review A Most Violent Year (2014) 89% 4/5 EDIT “A Most Violent Year may lack originality but there are fine performances throughout, especially from Isaac.” – Scotland on Sunday Jan 19, 2015 Full Review Ex Machina (2014) 92% 4/5 EDIT “A smart, accomplished piece of work that presses all the right buttons.” – Scotsman Jan 19, 2015 Full Review Pride (2014) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Pride depicts an interesting bit of history, but its real message is about two vilified and marginalised groups who discover comradeship, solidarity and Bronski Beat.” – Scotsman Jan 5, 2015 Full Review
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