The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Boy Erased
Ant-Man and the Wasp
American Vandal
Log in with Facebook
OR
By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.
Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password.
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Tomatometer Not Available...
——
Critic Consensus: No consensus yet.
All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (2)
There's nothing profoundly original here, but there's no denying the atmosphere of squalid authenticity.
Even Tangerine, the movie famously shot on an iPhone 5s, looks better. Not that a sharper image would much improve this chaotic portrait of police corruption.
Boasting a simple, coherent plot shot with real-time, handheld verismo, it's a work of understated confidence ...
Brillante Mendoza-always less than brilliant-has clearly made it his mandate to project the ugliness of modern Manileño life by making films that embody said ugliness...
Understated, Ma' Rosa comes deprived of traumatic agony, but still bestows this in-your-face authenticity that keeps us interested.
We'll find a way
A compelling lesson in modern-day morality, but it cleverly never judges any of its characters in the process.
[E]lectrifying... [A] deeply sympathetic portrait of a woman navigating the rules of her unfair world as best she can...
Mendoza's casual pace lures you into a gripping melodrama set in the underbelly of Manila, where people scramble to survive.
A pungent dose of social realism combined with steadily-building tension
Tough as nails, and leaves you with a heaviness and a pulsating sympathy that's impossible to ignore.
Unless Brillante Mendoza starts exploring new themes, he will be a thing of the past. [Full review in Spanish]
It looks poorly made and amateurish, unable to offer any actual insight into its protagonist and dragging with many long takes of people walking from one place to another instead of cutting straight to what matters, and it is more obvious and predictable than it thinks it is.
Super Reviewer
There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.
200 Essential Movies
Chosen by RT staff!
200 Freshest Movies
The best-reviewed since 1998
30 Great Scenes
30 great scenes in Rotten movies
Best of Netflix
Movies and shows to binge now
More News & Features
View All