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Vicky Roach

Vicky Roach's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

Vicky Roach has been The Daily Telegraph's film critic for more than a decade - but who's counting? Prior to landing what many consider to be the best job on the paper, she paid her dues as an entertainment writer and arts editor. A long-time member of the Film Critics' Circle of Australia, she majored in film theory at UTS. It was there, she learned the valuable lesson that those who can't do ...critique.

Location:

Sydney, Australia

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Mulan (2020) 72% 3.5/5 EDIT “Mulan certainly enriches Disney's cultural canon.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Sep 10, 2020 Full Review Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) 83% 3/5 EDIT “Did the world need another Bill & Ted movie? That's debatable. But the film's message - that if this is as good as it gets, well, it could have been a whole lot worse - feels kind of appropriate.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Sep 10, 2020 Full Review Tenet (2020) 70% 3/5 EDIT “Christopher Nolan has pulled out all the stops for Tenet.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Aug 24, 2020 Full Review I Am Woman (2019) 66% 2.5/5 EDIT “It's an (over) familiar rock 'n' roll story.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Aug 24, 2020 Full Review Boys State (2020) 95% 4/5 EDIT “Boys State is as compelling as a political thriller.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Aug 17, 2020 Full Review Project Power (2020) 61% 2/5 EDIT “The effort of coming up with such an open-ended plot device appears to have short-circuited the filmmakers' internal wiring.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Aug 17, 2020 Full Review 3/5 EDIT “A slick, Gallic defrosting of Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 classic (however, the retro soundtrack fails to elicit the same goosebumps).” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Aug 10, 2020 Full Review Made in Italy (2020) 42% 2/5 EDIT “[A] clumsy, clichéd rom-com.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Aug 10, 2020 Full Review 23 Walks (2020) 73% 2.5/5 EDIT “While 23 Walks makes a commendable attempt to inject a bit of social realism into the romcom tradition, it stumbles along the way.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Aug 3, 2020 Full Review Unhinged (2020) 49% 2.5/5 EDIT “Despite strong performances from its two leads, Unhinged has very little to say about - well anything.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Aug 3, 2020 Full Review Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) 50% 2.5/5 EDIT “It's easy to see why Cate Blanchett was drawn to such a project - especially with Richard Linklater... But his film adaptation of Maria Semple's satirical novel about motherhood and ambition is uncharacteristically ham-fisted.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jul 27, 2020 Full Review The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019) 66% 3/5 EDIT “Directed by Giuseppe Capotondi, The Burnt Orange Heresy is a creditable reproduction in the Patricia Highsmith tradition.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jul 27, 2020 Full Review The King of Staten Island (2020) 76% 4/5 EDIT “Emotionally arrested man-boys are Judd Apatow's speciality... But this semi-autobiographical collaboration with Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson introduces a note of poignancy to the mix.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jul 26, 2020 Full Review Babyteeth (2019) 94% 4/5 EDIT “Brave, funny, heart-wrenching ... Babyteeth is an utterly committed piece of filmmaking.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jul 23, 2020 Full Review Greyhound (2020) 78% 3/5 EDIT “Hanks is an actor of great subtlety; capable of expressing emotional depth with the most minimal of facial gestures. But this screenplay avoids any moral complexities.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jul 13, 2020 Full Review Waves (2019) 84% 3.5/5 EDIT “The success of this unpredictable melodrama... hinges upon the breakout performances of its two young leads.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jul 13, 2020 Full Review The Old Guard (2020) 80% 2/5 EDIT “For a film dealing with supernatural phenomena, The Old Guard is unusually dull and prosaic.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jul 13, 2020 Full Review A White, White Day (2019) 94% 3.5/5 EDIT “A White, White Day cleverly uses the signposts of a conventional revenge drama to explore the inner workings of a man in crisis.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jul 6, 2020 Full Review Shirley (2020) 88% 3/5 EDIT “Worth seeing for Moss's performance alone.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jul 6, 2020 Full Review Bellbird (2019) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Bellbird is an assured debut from a filmmaker with a lot of empathy for the human condition.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jun 30, 2020 Full Review Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) 63% 3.5/5 EDIT “A hugely entertaining popcorn movie that remains true to the spirit of Eurovision even while it pokes fun at the musical institution.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jun 29, 2020 Full Review The Lovebirds (2020) 66% 2.5/5 EDIT “Michael Showalter, who also directed Nanjiani in his Oscar-nominated screenplay The Big Sick, sets a lively pace.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jun 1, 2020 Full Review Endings, Beginnings (2019) 45% 3/5 EDIT “While Endings, Beginnings teeters on the edge of singular self-absorption, the intimacy of the Insurgent star's performance grounds it in something more universal.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) Jun 1, 2020 Full Review The Rhythm Section (2020) 28% 2/5 EDIT “While the one-time Gossip Girl commits herself utterly to her role as a dead-eyed avenger, the film lacks the necessary backbone to support her.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) May 29, 2020 Full Review The Assistant (2019) 93% 3.5/5 EDIT “How did men like Weinstein get away with it for so long? The Assistant counts the ways, while making it clear that many still do.” – Daily Telegraph (Australia) May 29, 2020 Full Review
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