Movie reviews and ratings by Film Critic Roger Ebert | Roger Ebert
The Steady, Inevitable Decline: Sideways at 20. There are many to choose from, but the indelible moment in the both quaffable and transcendent “Sideways“—Alexander Payne’s now 20-year-old bummer masterpiece adaptation of Rex Pickett’s novel about wine, middle age, and a distinctly American flavor of masculine failure and disappointment—has to be a pair of dueling …
RRR movie review & film summary (2022) - Roger Ebert
Jun 1, 2022 — In that sense, “RRR” feels simultaneously personal and gargantuan in scope. Film Comment ’s R. Emmet Sweeney is right to caution viewers regarding the towering streak of “Hindu-centric” Nationalism and characterizations at the heart of Rajamouli’s “Pan-Indian address.”. Sweeney is also right to hail Rajamouli’s dazzling ...
2001: A Space Odyssey movie review (1968) - Roger Ebert
Mar 27, 1997 — 141 minutes ‧ G ‧ 1968. Roger Ebert. March 27, 1997. 8 min read. HAL 9000. The genius is not in how much Stanley Kubrick does in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” but in how little. This is the work of an artist so sublimely confident that he doesn’t include a single shot simply to keep our attention. He reduces each scene to its essence, and ...
The Batman movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert
Mar 6, 2022 — This is not to say that “The Batman” is a downer; far from it. Despite the overlong running time of nearly three hours, this is a film that’s consistently viscerally gripping. The coolest Batmobile yet—a muscular vehicle that’s straight out of “ Mad Max: Fury Road ”—figures prominently in one of the movie’s most heart-pounding ...
Interstellar movie review & film summary (2014) | Roger Ebert
Nov 3, 2014 — The film’s widescreen panoramas feature harsh interplanetary landscapes, shot in cruel Earth locales; some of the largest and most detailed starship miniatures ever built, and space sequences presented in scientifically accurate silence, a la “2001.”. But for all its high-tech glitz, “Interstellar” has a defiantly old-movie feeling.
Joker movie review & film summary (2019) - Roger Ebert
Sep 30, 2019 — The violence in this movie means to shock, and it does. Fleck’s alienation in the early scenes evokes Travis Bickle’s, but this movie is too chicken-livered to give Fleck Bickle’s racism, although it depicts him mostly getting hassled by people of color in the first third. Fleck is also fixated with a Carson-like talk-show host played by ...
It Chapter Two movie review & film summary (2019) - Roger Ebert
Sep 6, 2019 — As in the original, “It Chapter Two” works best when the members of the self-proclaimed Losers Club are bouncing off each other, their banter infused with a sparkling mix of hormones, humor, insecurity and camaraderie. Unfortunately, Muschietti and Dauberman spend a lot of their time keeping their perfectly picked actors apart on individual ...
Coco movie review & film summary (2017) - Roger Ebert
Nov 21, 2017 — Reviews. Coco. Adventure. 109 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 2017. Matt Zoller Seitz. November 21, 2017. 5 min read. “Coco” is the sprightly story of a young boy who wants to be a musician and somehow finds himself communing with talking skeletons in the land of the dead. Directed by Lee Unkrich (“ Toy Story 3 “) and veteran Pixar animator Adrian ...
The Notebook movie review & film summary (2004) - Roger Ebert
Jun 25, 2004 — The Notebook. "The Notebook" is based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks and directed by Nick Cassavetes. ‘The Notebook” cuts between the same couple at two seasons in their lives. We see them in the urgency of young romance, and then we see them as old people, she disappearing into the shadows of Alzheimer’s, he steadfast in ...
The Power of the Dog movie review (2021) - Roger Ebert
Nov 17, 2021 — Many of Campion’s movies also focus on shifting power dynamics between characters: who has power, who loses it, and how they gain it back. Sometimes, this is in the form of women fighting to be heard, like in “Sweetie” or “Bright Star.”But in “The Power of the Dog,” Rose’s entrance into the family is perceived as a threat, a challenge to established order.