Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this
publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following
Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
David Nusair
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3/4
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
2
2/4
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
...an often excessively deliberate endeavor that's clearly been inspired by the work of Terrence Malick...
Posted Oct 15, 2018
3
2.5/4
Kidnap (2017)
...the novelty of the movie's Speed-but-with-an-abduction feel generally (and ultimately) compensating for its proliferation of less-than-accomplished elements.
Posted Oct 15, 2018
4
2/4
...the picture grows less and less interesting as it progresses...
Posted Oct 13, 2018
5
2/4
Terrified (Aterrados) (2017)
...just another tedious ghost-based horror movie that dwells far too long on the less-than-engrossing exploits of its human characters.
Posted Oct 13, 2018
6
2/4
I.T. (2016)
...a flat and flabby would-be thriller...
Posted Oct 13, 2018
7
2/4
...a misguided misfire that feels long even at 105 minutes.
Posted Oct 13, 2018
8
2/4
A Simple Favor (2018)
...an almost passable misfire that should've topped out at about 90 minutes.
Posted Oct 13, 2018
9
1/4
Night School (2018)
...a seriously misguided contemporary comedy that seems unlikely to appeal even to Hart and Haddish's fans.
Posted Oct 13, 2018
10
2.5/4
Bigger (2018)
...it's ultimately difficult not to embrace the rags-to-riches bent of the central character's trajectory of success.
Posted Oct 12, 2018
11
3/4
Set It Up (2018)
...a refreshingly antiquated romcom that delivers exactly what it promises.
Posted Oct 11, 2018
12
2/4
House On Haunted Hill (1959)
...a far-from-classic misfire from an exceedingly erratic director.
Posted Oct 11, 2018
13
3.5/4
French Kiss (1995)
14
1/4
Malevolent (2018)
...as ineffective and monotonous a horror effort as one can easily recall...
Posted Oct 5, 2018
15
2/4
Hell Fest (2018)
It's clear that the novelty of Hell Fest's very existence (ie a 1980s-style slasher) carries it for almost the entirety of its appreciatively brief running time...
Posted Oct 5, 2018
16
2/4
Hold the Dark (2018)
...an incredibly deliberate and subdued drama that's been punctuated with admittedly electrifying moments...
Posted Oct 5, 2018
17
2.5/4
Flash of Genius (2008)
...many of Flash of Genius' problems stem from an overlong and padded-out running time...
Posted Oct 4, 2018
18
2/4
Brainstorm (1983)
...an ambitious yet disastrously unfocused misfire from a thoroughly talented filmmaker.
Posted Oct 3, 2018
19
1/4
Summer '03 (2018)
...King's charismatic turn deserved much, much better material.
Posted Oct 3, 2018
20
2/4
Seven Days in May (1964)
21
2.5/4
Single White Female (1992)
...a thoroughly erratic early-'90s thriller.
Posted Oct 3, 2018
22
2/4
Brubaker (1980)
23
2.5/4
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
...a delightful romantic comedy trapped within the confines of a bloated, hit-and-miss prestige production.
Posted Oct 1, 2018
24
.5/4
The Nun (2018)
The worst of the Conjuring spinoffs...
Posted Oct 1, 2018
25
2/4
American Boy is ultimately unable to overcome the biggest obstacle to its ongoing success - which is Prince himself...
Posted Sep 27, 2018
26
.5/4
Bastards (2013)
...an aggressively pretentious art-house disaster generally devoid of redeeming qualities.
Posted Sep 27, 2018
27
.5/4
White Boy Rick (2018)
Filmmaker Yann Demange delivers an exceedingly (and often excessively) familiar tale that's almost entirely devoid of compelling attributes...
Posted Sep 26, 2018
28
1.5/4
The Predator (2018)
Shane Black's weakest film as a director (by a mile)...
Posted Sep 26, 2018
29
3.5/4
Eurotrip (2003)
One of this new century's very best comedies...
Posted Sep 25, 2018
30
2/4
The Lie (2018)
The Lie's less-than-engrossing vibe is compounded by a stagnant, stagy feel...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
31
3.5/4
Papi Chulo (2018)
The end result is a better-than-expected dramedy that boasts a seriously striking lead performance...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
32
2/4
ANIARA (2018)
It's an intriguing premise that's employed to sporadically compelling yet predominantely underwhelming effect...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
33
2/4
Mothers' Instinct (Duelles) (2018)
There does reach a point, however, at which Masset-Depasse's exceedingly patient sensibilities begin pushing the viewer away...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
34
3/4
This Changes Everything (2018)
Occasionally superficial yet generally engaging...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
35
2/4
The Weekend (2018)
Filmmaker Stella Meghie kicks The Weekend off with a strained, unfunny standup set from Zamata's character that instantly sets a tone of forced artificiality...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
36
1/4
Her Smell (2018)
Filmmaker Perry kicks Her Smell off with a long and somewhat interminable sequence...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
37
2/4
Clara (2018)
Clara is, in the end, an earnest misfire that squanders its various positive attributes...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
38
3.5/4
American Woman (2018)
There's little doubt that American Woman improves considerably (and steadily) as it progresses...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
39
3/4
Vox Lux (2018)
Filmmaker Corbet certainly does an astonishing job of immediately drawing the viewer into the (somewhat overlong) proceedings...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
40
1/4
A progressively tedious misfire...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
41
2/4
Phoenix (Føniks) (2018)
Phoenix continues to suffer from a lack of momentum that consistently holds the viewer at arms length...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
42
2/4
A bizarre little movie...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
43
1.5/4
The Public (2018)
The Public is rife with heavy-handed, subtle-as-a-heart-attack type elements designed to perpetuate his agenda...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
44
2.5/4
Driven (2018)
The film's final stretch, detailing a suspenseful sting operation, ensures that Driven ends on a fairly compelling note...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
45
0/4
Jessica Forever (2018)
An excruciatingly meaningless piece of work...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
46
1/4
Dot.Kill (2005)
Director John Irvin's attempts to infuse the film with a somber, Fincheresque sense of style fall flat...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
47
2.5/4
Next of Kin (1989)
Erratic yet entertaining...
Posted Sep 24, 2018
48
3.5/4
The Wife (2018)
...a stirring adaptation that boasts one of Close's best performances in years.
Posted Sep 24, 2018
49
2/4
Life Itself (2018)
...feels like an entire television season's worth of story crammed into an awkward and ungainly two-hour picture.
Posted Sep 24, 2018
50
2/4
Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
An exceedingly hit-and-miss effort...
Posted Sep 24, 2018