Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Clarisse Loughrey, Mark Kermode
Rating Title/Year Author
The Informer (2020) Mark Kermode It's a functional nuts and bolts thriller with some terrible overacting. EDIT
Posted Aug 30, 2019
A Million Little Pieces (2018) Mark Kermode It falls very much into cliché and artifice. EDIT
Posted Aug 30, 2019
The Mustang (2019) Mark Kermode Despite the fact that the central metaphor is fairly straightforward... I actually thought that the movie told its story very movingly. EDIT
Posted Aug 30, 2019
Bait (2019) Mark Kermode It is a film which is textural to the max. It is a film in which you can feel the grain... It is absolutely, proudly handmade. EDIT
Posted Aug 30, 2019
Mrs. Lowry & Son (2019) Mark Kermode The performances are great. EDIT
Posted Aug 30, 2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) Mark Kermode You can feel the love of cinema in it, but I thought it was fantastically ill-disciplined and indulgent and whole blocks of "DVD extras." EDIT
Posted Aug 29, 2019
Angel Has Fallen (2019) Mark Kermode Efficient B-movie trash that I enjoyed watching...I enjoyed myself, and I really hadn't expected to. EDIT
Posted Aug 29, 2019
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) Mark Kermode It's slightly baggy, and could deal with some reigning in, but the characters are well-done, and you like the stories...it writes itself into the fiction, and it's good filmmaking... EDIT
Posted Aug 29, 2019
Dolor y gloria (2019) Mark Kermode Colorful, vibrant, bright in the way you want from Almodóvar...if you're a fan, you already know, but if you're coming to this for the first time, it's a really good way in. It's generous, it welcomes you into the story. EDIT
Posted Aug 29, 2019
Crawl (2019) Mark Kermode Perfectly good, if disposable, popcorn entertainment... EDIT
Posted Aug 29, 2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) Clarisse Loughrey It's interesting because a lot of the bigger action set-pieces are done in a traditional manner, but I liked that the characters weren't being swallowed up by all the noise... EDIT
Posted Aug 2, 2019
Charming (2018) Clarisse Loughrey You get a Sia song in the middle, which is quite nice, but not really worth an entire watch...it feels like you're watching echoes of other movies. EDIT
Posted Aug 2, 2019
() Clarisse Loughrey The documentary holds back. There's no real narrative, not much text on screen...it's a very nuanced, inflammatory subject, so you lose a lot in just showing it without explanation or context... EDIT
Posted Jul 26, 2019
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (2019) Clarisse Loughrey It never really goes beyond the idea of her being a muse, which doesn't constitute an entire personality. You know that there's more to the story there, and it's disheartening to see that. EDIT
Posted Jul 26, 2019
The Current War (2017) Clarisse Loughrey It's so busily shot, and the camera is always trying to do something...the score can feel intrusive...all of that at once was so distracting, and I was struggling to focus on the dialogue. EDIT
Posted Jul 26, 2019
() Clarisse Loughrey It's a bit disjointed, and the musical numbers kind of just pop out of nowhere, but overall I enjoyed the humor and the history. EDIT
Posted Jul 26, 2019
Only You (2018) Mark Kermode This very intimate but unobtrusive cinematography that really makes you feel in the bubble with the couple without being voyeuristic. I loved the way it played with and inverted stereotypes. EDIT
Posted Jul 24, 2019
Gwen (2018) Mark Kermode Atmospheric, creepy, and it had a real sense of bitter chill. Very, very well played by the cast. EDIT
Posted Jul 24, 2019
The Wedding Guest (2018) Mark Kermode Something you will have to seek out, but Michael Winterbottom is always worth seeking out. EDIT
Posted Jul 24, 2019
The Edge (2019) Mark Kermode Every moment that you're on the pitch, you can't even blink...the tiniest fraction of a physical move is the difference between winning and losing...I was gripped. EDIT
Posted Jul 24, 2019
Tell It to the Bees (2018) Mark Kermode When it falls apart, it really does fall apart quite clunky... EDIT
Posted Jul 19, 2019
The Lion King (2019) Mark Kermode I'm very impressed with how they did...I just love cartoons. This is a movie that said sit there, we've done all the work. EDIT
Posted Jul 19, 2019
Ibiza: The Silent Movie (2019) Mark Kermode One thing that impresses me about this film is that, despite never being to Ibiza or knowing anything about dance music, it passed that crucial documentary test and kept me interested in the subject. EDIT
Posted Jul 8, 2019
Midsommar (2019) Mark Kermode It's a world that you absolutely believe in, aided by really really brilliant performances. EDIT
Posted Jul 8, 2019
Vita & Virginia (2018) Mark Kermode Quite irritating...not entirely successful, but it does have things in it that work, not least the performances. EDIT
Posted Jul 8, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Mark Kermode This does a nice job of doing the European vacation schoolboy thing that just happens to have a superhero element in it. EDIT
Posted Jul 8, 2019
Dirty God (2019) Mark Kermode It's a demanding role that requires a level of fearlessness and revelation. And Knight absolutely commands the screen, a star is instantly born. EDIT
Posted Jul 2, 2019
Yesterday (2019) Mark Kermode There's a good-natured, barreling charm to the film. EDIT
Posted Jul 2, 2019
In Fabric (2018) Mark Kermode It's deliciously playful. No one makes films like Peter Strickland. EDIT
Posted Jul 2, 2019
Apollo 11 (2019) Mark Kermode Astonishing...the documentary footage, which alternates from the spaceship and the American audience...it just brought back what an unbelievably impressive achievement it was in 1969. EDIT
Posted Jul 1, 2019
Anima (2019) Mark Kermode I'm not a huge devotee of Yorke's solo stuff, but I found it very, very interesting. I'd liked to have seen it on a big screen. EDIT
Posted Jul 1, 2019
Support the Girls (2018) Mark Kermode A kind of social realism...there's a real feeling of family, but it's also a workplace, where it's possible for people to be mistreated...stripped-down and unexpected. EDIT
Posted Jul 1, 2019
() Mark Kermode During the course of the drama, we see changes in this character, the horror and hardship of that plight. Staggering... EDIT
Posted Jun 21, 2019
Child's Play (2019) Mark Kermode There's a throwback retro-gore charm to it...much better than I expected. I enjoyed myself, watching it breathe new life into this. EDIT
Posted Jun 21, 2019
Brightburn (2019) Mark Kermode This is primarily a character study, about that thin line between heroism and horror. EDIT
Posted Jun 21, 2019
Toy Story 4 (2019) Mark Kermode I think it's a standalone in itself. I think it's really good, and it has validity of its own, and it should be done now. EDIT
Posted Jun 21, 2019
Gloria Bell (2018) Mark Kermode A well-observed, good character study, although something that you may have seen before. EDIT
Posted Jun 17, 2019
Dark Phoenix (2019) Mark Kermode It felt terribly, terribly scrappy. EDIT
Posted Jun 14, 2019
Late Night (2019) Mark Kermode I just wasn't convinced by the actual performance of the show...some very funny jokes in the first two-thirds...fine and fun, but I wanted more. EDIT
Posted Jun 14, 2019
Eating Animals (2017) Mark Kermode There's a very strong argument in it, that vegetarianism is the future. EDIT
Posted Jun 14, 2019
Diego Maradona (2019) Mark Kermode It worked for a number of reasons...even a newbie like me was able to understand...we do see why he says that "football is a game of deceit." EDIT
Posted Jun 14, 2019
Sometimes Always Never (2018) Mark Kermode I was really surprised by how much it moved me, how touched I was... EDIT
Posted Jun 14, 2019
Men in Black: International (2019) Mark Kermode It felt like they threw a bunch of stuff at the screen..some of it stuck, some of it felt terribly perfunctory... EDIT
Posted Jun 14, 2019
The Hummingbird Project (2018) Mark Kermode It sounds deeply unappetizing, but in fact, it's really enjoyable to watch. It's about obsession in a way I really like... EDIT
Posted Jun 14, 2019
We the Animals (2018) Mark Kermode It deals with difficult subject matter with extreme grace. EDIT
Posted Jun 14, 2019
Amaurosis (2017) Mark Kermode For at least half of it, it was a genuinely eerie, uncanny film...very flawed, but for the things it gets right, worth a look. EDIT
Posted Jun 4, 2019
Thunder Road (2018) Clarisse Loughrey It takes a few narrative risks that won't win everyone over, but it allowed itself to be complex and conflicted about itself. That kept you on the edge of your seat. EDIT
Posted May 31, 2019
Ma (2019) Clarisse Loughrey What pushes Ma past fun and trashy and into something genuinely interesting is the character work. Octavia Spencer gets to show off how great of an actor she is. EDIT
Posted May 31, 2019
Booksmart (2019) Clarisse Loughrey I want to see so many more Booksmarts, all Booksmarts down the line. An incredibly confident directorial debut. EDIT
Posted May 31, 2019
A Vigilante (2018) Clarisse Loughrey The film doesn't work without this character's pain, and Wilde absolutely sells it, a spectacular performance. EDIT
Posted May 31, 2019