Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
IFC Films
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Livingston, Montana, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for some language
 
Year of Release
2017
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, directed by Kelly Reichardt, written by Kelly Reichardt, drama, R rating, box office gross $1.0M, Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani produced, reviewed by Sarah Mirk, Kate Taylor, Bruce DeMara, David Stratton, Kate Stables, Wendy Ide, Brian Eggert, Dolby Digital sound mix, lawyer, hostage situation, wife, mother, dream home, ranch hand, American Northwest, ordinary people, uncommon empathy, IFG Films distributor, English original language
 

Cast & Crew

Kristen Stewart

Laura Dern

Michelle Williams

Rene Auberjonois

Jared Harris

Beth Travis

Laura Wells

Gina Lewis

Albert

Fuller

Kristen Stewart – Beth Travis
Laura Dern – Laura Wells
Michelle Williams – Gina Lewis
Rene Auberjonois – Albert
Jared Harris – Fuller
James LeGros – Ryan Lewis
Director – Kelly Reichardt
Producer – Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani
Writer – Kelly Reichardt

 

Kelly Reichardt

Kelly Reichardt

Neil Kopp

Vincent Savino

Anish Savjani

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Kelly Reichardt
 
Writer(s)
Kelly Reichardt
 
Producer(s)
Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani

 

Film Festivals
Sundance, Toronto
 
Awards & Nominations
11 wins & 49 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Sarah Mirk

Kate Taylor

Bruce DeMara

David Stratton

Kate Stables

Bitch Media

Globe and Mail

Toronto Star

The Australian

Sight & Sound

CERTAIN WOMEN
 All Critics (196) | Top Critics (59) | Fresh (180) | Rotten (16)
 Like crossing paths with strangers in real life, I left my interactions with these women mulling over small details and wondering what remained unsaid.
 
 February 12, 2021
 
 Sarah Mirk
 Bitch Media
 TOP CRITIC
 With the third act, the power of Reichardt’s elliptical approach becomes apparent.
 
 May 19, 2017 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Kate Taylor
 Globe and Mail
 TOP CRITIC
 This is not a film of big revelations or ready-made solutions. It’s gentle and finely executed storytelling about ordinary people longing for connection and meaning as they face the challenges of another day.
 
 May 18, 2017 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Bruce DeMara
 Toronto Star
 TOP CRITIC
 The three stories, which very loosely overlap, are handled in a minimalist yet subtly emotional manner and this calm, understated film is a delight.
 
 April 21, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
 
 David Stratton
 The Australian
 TOP CRITIC
 Certain Women’s whispers are more penetrating than most film’s shouts.
 
 March 6, 2017
 
 Kate Stables
 Sight & Sound
 TOP CRITIC
 Reichardt more than ever feels like a director who is using cinema in a way that is wonderfully at odds with our expectations for the medium.
 
 March 5, 2017 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Wendy Ide
 Observer (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 The film feels like a singular arrangement under Reichardt’s direction; her consistency of tone and theme separates into three stanzas, each a necessary component in a larger structure.
 
 February 21, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Brian Eggert
 Deep Focus Review
 A Montana-set meditation that brings to mind Thoreau’s “lives of quiet desperation.”
 
 October 3, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Matt Brunson
 Film Frenzy
 While the first and third segments of this film are quite good — the third in particular — the middle section is such a boring slog that it drags the whole film down.
 
 August 10, 2021 | Rating: B
 
 Kip Mooney
 Central Track
 The film relies upon an accumulation of effect – a pile-up of character and place specifics that inform and feed off one another until you’re very nearly swept up with emotion.
 
 July 6, 2021
 
 Jason Adams
 The Film Experience
 …the rugged imagery and tense relationships combine to create a sense of hardship, in this case more directly psychic than economic.
 
 February 22, 2021
 
 Joanne Laurier
 World Socialist Web Site
 At the center of Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women is the heart and soul of women all over the world.
 
 February 3, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Leo Brady
 AMovieGuy.com…

 

Plot
Certain Women drops us into a handful of intersecting lives across Montana. A lawyer (Laura Dern) tries to defuse a hostage situation and calm her disgruntled client (Jared Harris), who feels slighted by a workers’ compensation settlement. A married couple (Michelle Williams and James Le Gros) breaks ground on a new home but exposes marital fissures when they try to persuade an elderly man to sell his stockpile of sandstone. A ranch hand (Lily Gladstone) forms an attachment to a young lawyer (Kristen Stewart), who inadvertently finds herself teaching a twice-weekly adult education class, four hours from her home.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, and Michelle Williams as the three strong-willed women.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Zazen Produções
 
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
 
Filming Location(s)
Tybee Island, Georgia, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong sexual content, pervasive language, some nudity and drug use
 
Year of Release
2015
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn, Matt Bomer, directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by Reid Carolin, Comedy, Drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Deborah Ross, Donald Clarke, David Sexton, Nigel Andrews, Peter Bradshaw, Andy Tweddle, Tatiana Albandos, Alex Behan, Jason Best, Mike Massie, Richard Propes, R MPAA rating, male strippers, Tampa, all-male revue, 19-year-old, stripper lifestyle, romance, Warner Bros Pictures, Nick Wechsler, Gregory Jacobs, Reid Carolin, Channing Tatum, Rated R, Language, Brief Graphic Nudity, Pervasive Sexual Content, Some Drug Use
 

Cast & Crew

Channing Tatum

Alex Pettyfer

Matthew McConaughey

Cody Horn

Olivia Munn

Magic Mike

Adam

The Kid

Dallas

Brooke

Channing Tatum – Magic Mike
Alex Pettyfer – Adam, The Kid
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas
Cody Horn – Brooke
Olivia Munn – Joanna
Matt Bomer – Ken

 

Steven Soderbergh

Reid Carolin

Nick Wechsler

Gregory Jacobs

Channing Tatum

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Steven Soderbergh
 
Writer(s)
Reid Carolin
 
Producer(s)
Nick Wechsler, Gregory Jacobs, Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
2 wins & 5 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Deborah Ross

Donald Clarke

David Sexton

Nigel Andrews

Peter Bradshaw

The Spectator

Irish Times

London Evening Standard

Financial Times

Guardian

MAGIC MIKE
 All Critics (216) | Top Critics (58) | Fresh (169) | Rotten (47)
 Worth seeing? Yes. But also ‘no’. But mainly ‘yes’. So it’s a ‘yes’ with some ‘no’ caveats. I can now see this isn’t so helpful.
 
 September 1, 2018
 
 Deborah Ross
 The Spectator
 TOP CRITIC
 Go in search of hen-party diversions and you will be disappointed. Venture out in search of blotched, stylish pseudo-realism and you should be modestly satisfied.
 
 July 15, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Donald Clarke
 Irish Times
 TOP CRITIC
 When you realise how anodyne and banal the plot is becoming, it’s a disappointment – but the plot is hardly the point.
 
 July 13, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
 
 David Sexton
 London Evening Standard
 TOP CRITIC
 Like all Soderbergh’s best films, from sex, lies, and videotape onwards, Magic Mike is a kind of interactive text.
 
 July 12, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Nigel Andrews
 Financial Times
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s a well-handled, engaging, lightweight picture.
 
 July 12, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Peter Bradshaw
 Guardian
 TOP CRITIC
 Boogie (nights) wonderland.
 
 July 11, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Andy Tweddle
 Little White Lies
 TOP CRITIC
 I think for a movie about male dancer I was a bit disappointed in the choreography in the film.
 
 June 24, 2022 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Tatiana Albandos
 Medium Popcorn
 It’s a movie about fake people that doesn’t feel fake.
 
 November 30, 2021
 
 Alex Behan
 Stuff.co.nz
 Soderbergh gives the stripping scenes a raucous razzle-dazzle, but the dramatic stuff in between is meandering and dull. Once the cast have whipped off their trousers there’s nothing very substantial underneath.
 
 December 17, 2020 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Jason Best
 Movie Talk
 As if realizing too late that no real predicaments were established, the film creates a few – all of which are hopelessly stereotypical, insignificant, and oddly unresolved.
 
 December 2, 2020 | Rating: 4/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 As good as Tatum is, the film may actually be stolen by Matthew McConaughey.
 
 September 15, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
 
 Richard Propes
 TheIndependentCritic.com
 The dancing was about as bad as I expected it to be…although the movie is somewhat enjoyable, the characters are not great…
 
 May 4, 2020 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Justin Brown
 Medium Popcorn…

 

Plot
It’s been three years since Tampa based Mike Lane transitioned from the life of a stripper – his stage name being Magic Mike – to his dream of starting his own custom furniture business, those three years mixed in terms of the goods and bads for him personally. His ex-troupe, the Kings of Tampa, minus who was their boss, Dallas, stop off in Tampa from their current home base in Miami on a road trip to a stripper convention in Myrtle Beach. As the remaining troupe members are nearing the end of their stripping lives, they, like Mike, who are at an advanced age beyond that of most strippers, they see this convention as their final hurrah in this life. Mike decides to join his old friends on the road trip to this send off. The current troupe members start to have their own dreams about their futures in being with Mike, while Mike has his own envy of his friends in his current life not being everything he hoped it would be. But especially without Dallas at the helm, the troupe members are feeling a bit lost, with Mike trying to inspire them, which he may or may not be able to do. As they make several stops along the way, they encounter many groups of women, which may demonstrate whether their thoughts about what to do at the convention is a good idea in if they still have what it takes. Beyond these encounters with women, the trip itself hits its bumps, with Mike needing to call in some favors and mend some bridges even to make it to Myrtle Beach, it not certain if those at the other end will accept Mike’s pleas for help or his apologies.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels mentions that Matthew McConaughey may have stolen the show in Magic Mike.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Art Matters Inc., BBC Television, Edelman Family Fund,
 
Distributor
Kino Lorber
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Paris, France
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
2015
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Roy Dupuis, Clara Furey, Louis Negin, Udo Kier, Gregory Hlady, Mathieu Amalric, directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, written by Evan Johnson, Guy Maddin, Robert Kotyk, comedy, drama, mystery, thriller, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Tara Brady, Sheri Linden, Mark Kermode, Geoffrey Macnab, Tony Rayns, David Parkinson, Jason Adams, Nicholas Bell, Mattie Lucas, Alexa Dalby, C.J Prince, Tom Duggins, Roy Dupuis as Cesare, Clara Furey as Margot, Louis Negin as Marv, Smithy, Mars, Udo Kier as Count Yugh, The Butler, The Dead Father, Gregory Hlady as Jarvis, Dr Deane, A Husband, Mathieu Amalric as Thadeusz, Ostler, produced by Kino Lorber, MPAA rating, submarine crew, trapped underwater, strange woodsman, origins of fears
 

Cast & Crew

Roy Dupuis

Clara Furey

Louis Negin

Udo Kier

Gregory Hlady

Cesare

Margot

Marv

Smithy

Mars

Roy Dupuis – Cesare
Clara Furey – Margot
Louis Negin – Marv, Smithy, Mars
Udo Kier – Count Yugh, The Butler, The Dead Father
Gregory Hlady – Jarvis, Dr. Deane, A Husband
Mathieu Amalric – Thadeusz, Ostler
Guy Maddin – Director, Writer
Evan Johnson – Director, Writer
Robert Kotyk – Writer

 

Guy Maddin

Evan Johnson

NA

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
 
Writer(s)
Evan Johnson, Guy Maddin, Robert Kotyk
 
Producer(s)
NA

 

Film Festivals
Sundance, Berlin, Toronto
 
Awards & Nominations
4 wins & 11 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Tara Brady

Sheri Linden

Mark Kermode

Geoffrey Macnab

Tony Rayns

Irish Times

Los Angeles Times

Observer (UK)

Independent (UK)

Sight & Sound

THE FORBIDDEN ROOM
 All Critics (70) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (67) | Rotten (3)
 There’s a strange comfort in knowing that Freud’s fascinating topography of the mind will never be completely discredited while Maddin is making deliriously absurd movies.
 
 February 23, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Tara Brady
 Irish Times
 TOP CRITIC
 What Maddin & Co. have invented here ranges from Freudian horror to childish naughtiness.
 
 February 18, 2016
 
 Sheri Linden
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 The screen pulsates like infernal internal organs, or bubbles and mutates like melting celluloid jammed in a hot projector.
 
 December 13, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Mark Kermode
 Observer (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s an exercise in high kitsch which enraptures at first, but becomes increasingly enervating the longer it lasts.
 
 December 11, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Geoffrey Macnab
 Independent (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 A visual phantasmagoria with a built-in propulsive energy.
 
 December 10, 2015
 
 Tony Rayns
 Sight & Sound
 TOP CRITIC
 Exquisitely designed, this cornucopia of melodramatic fragments and movie pastiches will enchant Guy Maddin fans.
 
 December 10, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
 
 David Parkinson
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 The outside world, like centenarian film-stock, dissolves in acid-hued pools right around you. Outside world? What outside world? We are all film down here.
 
 January 14, 2022
 
 Jason Adams
 The Film Experience
 Maddin’s films are often classified as experimental, even though he’s regurgitating vintage cinematic styles and melting them into his own particular stew, with his latest being a passionate, intoxicating frenzy.
 
 October 8, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Nicholas Bell
 IONCINEMA.com
 Evokes a forgotten aesthetic that feels as if we have unearthed a buried treasure.
 
 August 7, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Mattie Lucas
 From the Front Row
 It’s a demented montage, “a boggling puzzlement” that defies you to search – fruitlessly – for a narrative thread.
 
 May 31, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Alexa Dalby
 Dog and Wolf
 It’s a film that has endless rewatch value because it’s impossible to remember every detail from it. It’s one of the most perfect collections of imperfections ever made.
 
 May 24, 2019 | Rating: 9/10
 
 C.J. Prince
 Way Too Indie
 The Forbidden Room is a comic, mystical melodrama that will puzzle your socks off and then return them to you freshly laundered before they were even removed.
 
 April 8, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Tom Duggins
 CineVue…

 

Plot
A submarine crew trapped underwater for months encounters a strange woodsman, leading them towards the origins of their fears in the deliriously absurd and visually stunning film, The Forbidden Room.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast includes Udo Kier, known for his roles in cult horror films.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Red Light Films, HBO, Cinemax Documentary Creative Visions
 
Distributor
Entertainment Film Distributors Ltd.
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for violence/disturbing content including bloody images, and for pervasive language
 
Year of Release
2012
 

 
Genre(s)
Adventure/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie, directed by Joe Carnahan, written by Joe Carnahan, Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, Adventure, Drama, Action, $51.5M Box Office, R MPAA rating, reviewed by Laura Kern, Tom Charity, Steven D Greydanus, Marjorie Baumgarten, James Berardinelli, Laremy Legel, Jules Daly, Ridley Scott, Mickey Liddell, produced by Entertainment Film Distributors Ltd., survival, Alaska, oil refinery, plane crash, frozen wilderness, hungry wolves, mortal injuries, icy elements, philosophical agenda
 

Cast & Crew

Liam Neeson

Frank Grillo

Dermot Mulroney

Dallas Roberts

Joe Anderson

Ottway

Diaz

Talget

Henrick

Flannery

Liam Neeson – Ottway
Frank Grillo – Diaz
Dermot Mulroney – Talget
Dallas Roberts – Henrick
Joe Anderson – Flannery
Nonso Anozie – Burke
Jules Daly – Producer
Joe Carnahan – Producer, Writer, Director
Ridley Scott – Producer
Mickey Liddell – Producer
Ian Mackenzie Jeffers – Writer

 

Joe Carnahan

Joe Carnahan

Jules Daly

Joe Carnahan

Ridley Scott

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Joe Carnahan
 
Writer(s)
Joe Carnahan, Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
 
Producer(s)
Jules Daly, Joe Carnahan, Ridley Scott, Mickey Liddell

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
2 wins & 8 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Laura Kern

Tom Charity

Steven D. Greydanus

Marjorie Baumgarten

James Berardinelli

Film Comment Magazine

CNN.com

Decent Films

Austin Chronicle

ReelViews

THE GREY
 All Critics (209) | Top Critics (58) | Fresh (165) | Rotten (44)
 In the case of The Grey, less would have decidedly been more.
 
 June 20, 2013
 
 Laura Kern
 Film Comment Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 The Grey remains a genuinely gripping survival story and a refreshing change from stale urban action flicks.
 
 January 8, 2013
 
 Tom Charity
 CNN.com
 TOP CRITIC
 A thoughtful, tough-minded little tale of survival and attrition that sets its sights a bit further than its firepower takes it.
 
 February 10, 2012 | Rating: C+
 
 Steven D. Greydanus
 Decent Films
 TOP CRITIC
 The film is an intelligent study of the will to live.
 
 February 3, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Marjorie Baumgarten
 Austin Chronicle
 TOP CRITIC
 The Grey is about raging against the dying of the light but also about accepting it with peace once the fight has been lost.
 
 January 31, 2012 | Rating: 3/4
 
 James Berardinelli
 ReelViews
 TOP CRITIC
 Three-fifths of a solid film!
 
 January 30, 2012 | Rating: C+
 
 Laremy Legel
 Film.com
 TOP CRITIC
 All this talk could have been dull, but Carnahan keeps it interesting via extensive use of intimate, close-up, almost claustrophobic shots.
 
 March 29, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 James Croot
 Stuff.co.nz
 An entertaining popcorn flick for those who appreciate stark suspense thrillers.
 
 September 9, 2020 | Rating: 3.0/4.0
 
 Richard Propes
 TheIndependentCritic.com
 …anyone going in wanting more than it says on the tin will be pleasantly surprised, but a little frustrated at the end product.
 
 February 14, 2020
 
 Jim Ross
 Roobla
 You have to hand it to Neeson, however. This is one stubbornly committed performance, as he faces the herculean task of defeating the wolves, the cold-and some monstrous flaws in the script.
 
 July 29, 2019
 
 Brian D. Johnson
 Maclean’s Magazine
 A tremendous film – a fierce and exciting thriller that sets the bar high in a very young year. It’s Neeson’s best film in a long, long time.
 
 June 8, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Mattie Lucas
 The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
 This is a film that has surprising depth. There is a lot going on underneath the rigid exterior, making The Grey a cut above standard action fare.
 
 May 7, 2019
 
 Micheal Compton
 Bowling Green Daily News…

 

Plot
In Alaska, a team of oil workers board a flight home; however, they cross a storm and the airplane crashes. Only seven workers survive in the wilderness and John Ottway, who is a huntsman that kills wolves to protect the workers, assumes leadership of the group. Shortly after they learn that they are surrounded by a pack of wolves and Ottway advises that they should seek protection in the woods. But while they walk through the heavy snow, they are chased and attacked by the carnivorous mammals.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for The Grey.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Nathan’s Hot Dogs, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language, violence and some drug material
 
Year of Release
2010
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Action
 
Keyword(s)
starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samuel L Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, directed by Adam McKay, written by Adam McKay, Chris Henchy, comedy, action, PG-13, box office, budget, reviewed by Anna Smith, Nell Minow, Connie Ogle, Matt Singer, Joshua Katzman, David Sexton, Danielle Solzman, Don Shanahan, Mike Massie, Richard Propes, Douglas Laman, Carey-Ann Pawsey, produced by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Jimmy Miller
 

Cast & Crew

Will Ferrell

Mark Wahlberg

Eva Mendes

Michael Keaton

Steve Coogan

Det. Allen Gamble

Det. Terry Hoitz

Sheila Gamble

Capt. Gene Mauch

David Ershon

Will Ferrell – Det. Allen Gamble
Mark Wahlberg – Det. Terry Hoitz
Eva Mendes – Sheila Gamble
Michael Keaton – Capt. Gene Mauch
Steve Coogan – David Ershon
Ray Stevenson – Wesley

 

Adam McKay

Adam McKay

Will Ferrell

Adam McKay

Jimmy Miller

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Adam McKay
 
Writer(s)
Adam McKay, Chris Henchy
 
Producer(s)
Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Jimmy Miller

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 15 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Anna Smith

Nell Minow

Connie Ogle

Matt Singer

Joshua Katzman

metro.co.uk

Movie Mom

Miami Herald

IFC.com

Chicago Reader

THE OTHER GUYS
 All Critics (208) | Top Critics (61) | Fresh (163) | Rotten (45)
 The funniest movie of the year so far.
 
 August 23, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Anna Smith
 metro.co.uk
 TOP CRITIC
 February 18, 2012 | Rating: B+
 
 Nell Minow
 Movie Mom
 TOP CRITIC
 The Other Guys is the sort of movie that generates some of its best jokes quietly in the background or as quick-hit throwaway lines, while other terrific gags are defiantly over the top.
 
 January 31, 2011 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Connie Ogle
 Miami Herald
 TOP CRITIC
 Juxtaposes the excesses of our unregulated financial sector with the excesses of the buddy cop movie.
 
 December 21, 2010 | Rating: B+
 
 Matt Singer
 IFC.com
 TOP CRITIC
 This is the fourth feature that Will Ferrell and writer-director Adam McKay have collaborated on, and once again they deliver laugh-out-loud if ultimately disposable comedy with mixed messages about arrested male development.
 
 December 20, 2010
 
 Joshua Katzman
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 The Other Guys has surprisingly energetic action sequences, shoot’em-ups and car chases, and even a bit of a whodunit plot…
 
 September 22, 2010 | Rating: 3/5
 
 David Sexton
 London Evening Standard
 TOP CRITIC
 Like McKay’s earlier works, The Other Guys is also a work of genius in how it works as both a parody and offers something to say about financial fraud.
 
 December 29, 2021
 
 Danielle Solzman
 Solzy at the Movies
 The movie breezes effortlessly from one hilarious scenario to another, yet effectively works as a real detective story.
 
 April 14, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Don Shanahan
 Every Movie Has a Lesson
 Just plain funny.
 
 November 30, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 Never fear. Will Ferrell is back.
 
 September 19, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4.0
 
 Richard Propes
 TheIndependentCritic.com
 The Other Guys indulges in the crimes it condemns…
 
 August 28, 2020
 
 Douglas Laman
 The Spool
 Surprisingly, because I did go in with low expectations, I found myself laughing pretty much throughout. Including a couple of belly laughs.
 
 June 8, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Carey-Ann Pawsey
 Orca Sound…

 

Plot
Terry Hoitz’s past mistakes in the line of duty and Allen Gamble’s reluctance to take risks have landed them the roles of the “Other Guys”, disgraced New York City police detectives relegated to filling out paperwork for cocky hero cops Danson and Highsmith. The mismatched duo must look past their differences when they take on a high-profile investigation of shady capitalist David Ershon and attempt to fill the shoes of the notoriously reckless officers they idolize.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The Other Guys features a hilarious cameo from Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Paramount Pictures,
 
Distributor
First Look
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for drug use and language throughout, some violence and sexuality
 
Year of Release
2009
 

 
Genre(s)
Crime/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Xzibit, Fairuza Balk, Shawn Hatosy, Tom Bower, Jennifer Coolidge, directed by Werner Herzog, written by William M Finkelstein, produced by Edward R Pressman, Randall Emmett, Alan Polsky, Gabe Polsky, Stephen Belafonte, crime, drama, R rating, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Deborah Ross, Candice Frederick, Lou Lumenick, Keith Uhlich, Ben Kenigsberg, Lisa Rosman, Stuart McGurk, Dustin Chang, Richard Crouse, Mike Massie, Ed Travis, Nicolas Cage as Terence McDonagh, Eva Mendes as Frankie Donnenfield, Val Kilmer as Stevie Pruit, Xzibit as Big Fate, Fairuza Balk as Heidi, Shawn Hatosy as Armand Benoit
 

Cast & Crew

Nicolas Cage

Terence McDonaugh

Eva Mendes

Frankie Donnenfield

Val Kilmer

Terence McDonaugh

Frankie Donnenfield

Stevie Pruit

Big Fate

Heidi

Nicolas Cage – Terence McDonaugh
Eva Mendes – Frankie Donnenfield
Val Kilmer – Stevie Pruit
Xzibit – Big Fate
Fairuza Balk – Heidi
Shawn Hatosy – Armand Benoit

 

Werner Herzog

William M. Finkelstein

Edward R. Pressman

Randall Emmett

Alan Polsky

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Werner Herzog
 
Writer(s)
William M. Finkelstein
 
Producer(s)
Edward R. Pressman, Randall Emmett, Alan Polsky, Gabe Polsky, Stephen Belafonte

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 13 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Deborah Ross

Candice Frederick

Lou Lumenick

Keith Uhlich

Ben Kenigsberg

The Spectator

Reel Talk Online

New York Post

Time Out

Us Weekly

BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS
 All Critics (154) | Top Critics (52) | Fresh (132) | Rotten (22)
 Bad Lieutenant invites us along for the ride, and even says ‘welcome aboard’ and asks: how might we entertain you today? This is Herzog and it’s fun, and you don’t get many of those for the pound. Get it while you can.
 
 August 30, 2018
 
 Deborah Ross
 The Spectator
 TOP CRITIC
 Gritty, raw, and kooky at times, Bad Lieutenant is one of those movies that you can’t really look away, even though you may want to for certain scenes.
 
 September 11, 2017 | Rating: B+
 
 Candice Frederick
 Reel Talk Online
 TOP CRITIC
 November 19, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Lou Lumenick
 New York Post
 TOP CRITIC
 Herzog is clearly on “ecstatic truth” autopilot.
 
 November 16, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Keith Uhlich
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 November 16, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Ben Kenigsberg
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 Violent and uneven.
 
 April 4, 2011
 
 Lisa Rosman
 Us Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 Nicolas Cage burns up the screen in Herzog’s hi-octane remake…
 
 May 19, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Stuart McGurk
 NME
 Cage is in his top form. Under the firm hands of Herzog, his usual overacting comes across as funny and even endearing. Clocking at lean mean 2 hours, Port of Call New Orleans has no fat and is dry as a feather in its post-Katrina setting.
 
 March 24, 2021
 
 Dustin Chang
 Floating World
 Seen as parody, the film’s richness and don’t-give-a-damn energy – even if the plot points don’t always add up – make it one of the more unusual and entertaining movies of the year.
 
 January 31, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Richard Crouse
 Richard Crouse
 Excessive and bizarre to the point of lunacy, yet it still manages plenty of sadistic entertainment thanks to a remarkably delirious performance from Nicolas Cage.
 
 November 28, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 …part of the fun that Herzog seems to be having with Bad Lieutenant is calling into question “good” versus “evil” and where those lines cross and where they crumble.
 
 April 9, 2020
 
 Ed Travis
 Hollywood Jesus
 Manic, maddening, mesmerizing. One of the best films of the year. BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS. It’s good to be bad.
 
 November 7, 2019
 
 Debbie Lynn Elias
 Behind The Lens…

 

Plot
After Katrina, police sergeant Terence McDonagh rescues a prisoner, hurts his back in the process and earns a promotion to lieutenant plus an addiction to cocaine and painkillers. Six months later, a family is murdered over drugs; Terence runs the investigation. His drug-using prostitute girlfriend, his alcoholic father’s dog, run-ins with two old women and a well-connected john, gambling losses, a nervous young witness, and thefts of police property put Terence’s job and then his life in danger. He starts seeing things. He wants a big score to get out from under mounting debts, so he joins forces with drug dealers. The murders remain unsolved. A bad lieutenant gets worse.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels says that Nicolas Cage delivers one of the most uninhibited performances of his career in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Attwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
 
MPAA / Certificate
G
 
Year of Release
2006
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Kids & family
 
Keyword(s)
starring Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, directed by Gary Winick, written by Karey Kirkpatrick, Susannah Grant, Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Hank Sartin, Derek Malcolm, Sukhdev Sandhu, Andrew Pulver, Wendy Ide, Neil Smith, Richard Propes, Debbie Lynn Elias, Joel Siegel, Felix Vasquez Jr., Heather Huntington, Jamie Russell, G MPAA rating, literate spider, pig, butcher’s block, E.B White, translation, animals, quiet, humble, production, genteel prose, cute, voices, children’s film, Hollywood, live-action remake, Babe, innovative, simplistic story, adaptation, star-powered cast, visual pleasers, great camerawork, horror movies, MCU movies, Netflix series, TV shows, streaming movies, box office, comedy, drama, kids and family, fantasy, adventure, animation, romance, action, thriller, mystery, crime, musical, western, war, historical, biographical, documentary, independent, foreign
 

Cast & Crew

Julia Roberts

Dakota Fanning

Steve Buscemi

John Cleese

Oprah Winfrey

Charlotte

Fern

Templeton

Samuel

Gussy

Julia Roberts – Charlotte (Voice)
Dakota Fanning – Fern
Steve Buscemi – Templeton (Voice)
John Cleese – Samuel (Voice)
Oprah Winfrey – Gussy (Voice)
Cedric the Entertainer – Golly (Voice)

 

Gary Winick

Karey Kirkpatrick

Jordan Kerner

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Gary Winick
 
Writer(s)
Karey Kirkpatrick, Susannah Grant
 
Producer(s)
Jordan Kerner

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
10 wins & 11 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Hank Sartin

Derek Malcolm

Sukhdev Sandhu

Andrew Pulver

Wendy Ide

Time Out

London Evening Standard

Daily Telegraph

Guardian

Times

CHARLOTTE’S WEB
 All Critics (148) | Top Critics (53) | Fresh (116) | Rotten (32)
 November 17, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Hank Sartin
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 If you can identify all the voices before the credits roll up, you are a better man than I.
 
 February 9, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Derek Malcolm
 London Evening Standard
 TOP CRITIC
 This film does what all children’s films should do: not just offer lots of entertaining things to look at, but teach children how to look at the world with curiosity, attentiveness and joy.
 
 February 9, 2007
 
 Sukhdev Sandhu
 Daily Telegraph (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s hard to go wrong with a cute liddle piggy.
 
 February 9, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Andrew Pulver
 Guardian
 TOP CRITIC
 Adult audiences tend to find [Dakota Fanning] rather shrill – witnessing [her] at full shriek is like being attacked by a colony of bats. For this reason, Charlotte’s Web is probably one for youngsters only.
 
 February 9, 2007 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Wendy Ide
 Times (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 If they’d stopped yammering for just a few minutes, White’s heartbreaking ending might have retained its poignancy. As it is, it’s little more than a blessed relief.
 
 February 9, 2007 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Neil Smith
 BBC.com
 TOP CRITIC
 The kind of warm and fuzzy, non-distracting family film that Hollywood hardly touches anymore.
 
 September 5, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
 
 Richard Propes
 TheIndependentCritic.com
 Despite a stellar cast, including the incomparable Dakota Fanning as Fern, director Gary Winick disappoints to the point of almost tarnishing the joy of childhood memories.
 
 November 7, 2019
 
 Debbie Lynn Elias
 Behind The Lens
 Charlotte’s Web is absolutely one of the best films of the year.
 
 January 5, 2018
 
 Joel Siegel
 Good Morning America
 Kids will love it, I just kind of liked it.
 
 April 29, 2009
 
 Felix Vasquez Jr.
 Cinema Crazed
 This Charlotte’s Web is a live-action remake, à la Babe. And while the live action distinguishes it from its cartoon predecessor of 1973, it makes it bear entirely too much resemblance to the Babe series.
 
 August 23, 2008 | Rating: 6/10
 
 Heather Huntington
 ReelzChannel.com
 Hides a big heart beneath a small piglet.
 
 May 12, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Jamie Russell
 Film4…

 

Plot
Based on the beloved children’s novel by E.B. White, a young girl named Fern rescues a runty piglet, raises it as her own and names him Wilbur. However, after Wilbur grows into a pig, she is compelled to sell him to her Uncle Homer Zuckerman down the street. At Zuckerman’s barn, Wilbur meets a host of animals and later learns from them that come winter, he will be slaughtered for food. Fearing for his life, Charlotte, a gentle and wise spider whom befriended the lonely Wilbur, vows to save his life.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels mentions that Julia Roberts voices the literate spider, Charlotte, in the film.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Highline Pictures, Camera One Endless Picnic
 
Distributor
Picturehouse
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Fitzgerald Theater – 10 Exchange Street E., St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for risque humor
 
Year of Release
2006
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
A Prairie Home Companion, PG-13, Comedy, Robert Altman, Garrison Keillor, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Woody Harrelson, Kevin Kline, Lily Tomlin, Tommy Lee Jones, Wren Arthur, Joshua Astrachan, Tony Judge, David Levy, Picturehouse, $20.3M, reviewed by Matthew Leyland, Philip French, David Edelstein, Geoff Andrew, Sandra Hall, Andrew Sarris, Peter Sobczynski, David Walsh, Mike Massie, Mattie Lucas, Joel Siegel, Kevin Kline as Guy Noir, Meryl Streep as Yolanda Johnson, Lindsay Lohan as Lola Johnson, Woody Harrelson as Dusty, Garrison Keillor as GK, Lily Tomlin as Rhonda Johnson, SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby SRD, Scope (2.35:1), private investigator, radio show, final broadcast, demolition, Texas axe-man, ensemble cast, quirky acting, dialogue, warm, dignified, Midwestern whimsy, stoicism, music, corny jokes, creative community, solidarity, kindness
 

Cast & Crew

Meryl Streep

Yolanda Johnson

Lindsay Lohan

Lola Johnson

Kevin Kline

Yolanda Johnson

Lola Johnson

Guy Noir

Dusty

GK

Meryl Streep – Yolanda Johnson
Lindsay Lohan – Lola Johnson
Kevin Kline – Guy Noir
Woody Harrelson – Dusty
Garrison Keillor – GK
Lily Tomlin – Rhonda Johnson

 

Robert Altman

Garrison Keillor

Robert Altman

Wren Arthur

Joshua Astrachan

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Robert Altman
 
Writer(s)
Garrison Keillor
 
Producer(s)
Robert Altman, Wren Arthur, Joshua Astrachan, Tony Judge, David Levy

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
5 wins & 21 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Matthew Leyland

Philip French

David Edelstein

Geoff Andrew

Sandra Hall

BBC.com

Guardian

New York Magazine/Vulture

Time Out

Sydney Morning Herald

A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
 All Critics (199) | Top Critics (55) | Fresh (161) | Rotten (38)
 It’s a warm and dignified end to a sometimes erratic but often enthralling career.
 
 January 9, 2007
 
 Matthew Leyland
 BBC.com
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s a lovely and loving film.
 
 January 6, 2007
 
 Philip French
 Guardian
 TOP CRITIC
 The movie, redolent of death, is a sort of wake, but a funny-sad one, teeming with music, corny jokes, and an ensemble of gifted performers who appear to be having an obscene amount of fun in one another’s company.
 
 January 6, 2007
 
 David Edelstein
 New York Magazine/Vulture
 TOP CRITIC
 Just lovely, and a magnificently enjoyable coda to an extraordinary career.
 
 January 4, 2007
 
 Geoff Andrew
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 A celebration of show business at its purest and most joyful.
 
 October 8, 2006 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
 Sandra Hall
 Sydney Morning Herald
 TOP CRITIC
 It sparkles with a magic all its own as an engagingly performed piece of Midwestern whimsy and stoicism. Mr. Altman’s flair for ensemble spectacle and seamless improvisation in the midst of utter chaos is as apparent as ever.
 
 June 14, 2006
 
 Andrew Sarris
 Observer
 TOP CRITIC
 Altman conducts all of these disparate elements in a manner that simultaneously suggests both a practiced veteran and an eager newcomer. He calls upon all of his still-undiminished skills while staying agog with the possibilities to achieve.
 
 June 9, 2021
 
 Peter Sobczynski
 The Spool
 A Prairie Home Companion exudes a general warmth and foolishness, favors the chaos of a creative community, argues for some sort of elemental human and artistic solidarity and kindness-and aside from that, not much.
 
 February 14, 2021
 
 David Walsh
 World Socialist Web Site
 Contains not even the faintest trace of a plot.
 
 November 21, 2020 | Rating: 2/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 A warm, witty ode to ends, beginnings and everything in between.
 
 June 5, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Mattie Lucas
 The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
 There is a great movie in A Prairie Home Companion, which is based on Garrison Keillor’s long-running radio show. Meryl Streep gives an amazing performance as a country singer.
 
 January 5, 2018 | Rating: B-
 
 Joel Siegel
 Good Morning America
 It’s remarkable how charitable, on the whole, this movie feels; in all of the previous examples, the vision of pop and people is at best tangled, at worst jaundiced.
 
 March 5, 2014
 
 Nick Pinkerton
 Stop Smiling…

 

Plot
A final live variety show broadcast via radio becomes a metaphor for the natural order of life. A concept and script by Garrison Keilor uses every natural and technical element of working with a tight and close ensemble producing a weekly show to sooth us and guide us through the natural but difficult transitions of aging, becoming less relevant and then dying as new, young life develops and strengthens during our final “performances.” This is a rare film for it’s remarkable cast and crew and one wonders how the great Robert Altman was able to gather them all at the same place and time to shoot this film.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The all-star cast of A Prairie Home Companion includes Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Woody Harrelson, and Tommy Lee Jones.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Warner Bros., Lakeshore Entertainment, Malpaso Productions,
 
Distributor
ThinkFilm
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
2005
 

 
Genre(s)
Documentary
 
Keyword(s)
documentary, stand-up comedy, dirty joke, improvisation, camaraderie, obscenity, Paul Provenza, Peter Adam Golden, Chris Albrecht, Jason Alexander, Hank Azaria, Steven Banks, Shelley Berman, Lewis Black, critic reviews, The Aristocrats, Tomatometer, audience score, box office, ThinkFilm, English, 1h 29m, genre, MPAA rating, producer, director, writer, actor, budget, reviewed by David Ansen, David Fear, Sandra Hall, Chris Hewitt, Ken Tucker, Nathan Rabin, Danielle Solzman, Micheal Compton, Miles Fielder, Thomas Peyser, Felix Vasquez Jr., Cole Smithey, Alice S, Sylvester K, Lucas M, Wahida K
 

Cast & Crew

Chris Albrecht

Jason Alexander

Hank Azaria

Steven Banks

Shelley Berman

Chris Albrecht

Jason Alexander

Hank Azaria

Billy The Mime

Shelley Berman

Chris Albrecht – Self
Jason Alexander – Self
Hank Azaria – Self
Steven Banks – Billy The Mime
Shelley Berman – Self
Lewis Black – Self

 

Paul Provenza

NA

Peter Adam Golden

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Paul Provenza
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
Peter Adam Golden

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
6 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

David Ansen

David Fear

Sandra Hall

Chris Hewitt

Ken Tucker

Newsweek

Time Out

Sydney Morning Herald

Empire Magazine

New York Magazine/Vulture

THE ARISTOCRATS
 All Critics (151) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (120) | Rotten (31)
 The first feel-good movie made out of fecal matter.
 
 November 1, 2007
 
 David Ansen
 Newsweek
 TOP CRITIC
 This all-star open-mike night loses its luster before its own loud laughter dies down.
 
 February 9, 2006
 
 David Fear
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 With a showman’s respect for the power of the build-up, Provenza touts his product thoroughly before unveiling it.
 
 January 27, 2006
 
 Sandra Hall
 Sydney Morning Herald
 TOP CRITIC
 A stunning comedy masterclass. For those with strong stomachs, obviously…
 
 January 7, 2006 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Chris Hewitt (UK)
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 … The Aristocrats proves that sometimes you don’t have to be a great filmmaker to make a great documentary.
 
 December 9, 2005
 
 Ken Tucker
 New York Magazine/Vulture
 TOP CRITIC
 Within a single joke, The Aristocrats unlocks an entire universe of comedy.
 
 September 26, 2005
 
 Nathan Rabin
 AV Club
 TOP CRITIC
 While filmmakers will try their best over the years to get a group of comedians together to discuss jokes, nothing will ever be better than The Aristocrats.
 
 January 10, 2022
 
 Danielle Solzman
 Solzy at the Movies
 A fascinating documentary that is more than a one-joke movie; it’s a film that really takes its audience inside the minds of comedians, showing the essence of comedy and improvisation.
 
 November 19, 2019 | Rating: B
 
 Micheal Compton
 Bowling Green Daily News
 Beyond being utterly hilarious and really quite shocking, Provenza’s film says a lot about the nature of stand-up comedy and the people who are compelled to do it. And that makes The Aristocrats a great documentary.
 
 April 26, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Miles Fielder
 The List
 A joyful film, full of men and women alight with the pleasure that comes from negating every compliment civilization has ever paid itself.
 
 June 3, 2009
 
 Thomas Peyser
 Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)
 A very funny and entertaining simple documentary
 
 April 29, 2009
 
 Felix Vasquez Jr.
 Cinema Crazed
 A plethora of comedians discuss and tell their own inspired rendition of “the dirtiest joke in the world” in a contagiously funny documentary that symptomatically gives context to the lasting influence of vaudeville humor.
 
 April 15, 2009 | Rating: A+
 
 Cole Smithey
 ColeSmithey.com…

 

Plot
Comedy veterans and co-creators Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza capitalize on their insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast of The Aristocrats features over 100 stand-up and performing comedians, including Chris Albrecht, Jason Alexander, Hank Azaria, and Lewis Black.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Relativity Media,
 
Distributor
New Line Cinema
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
WRIF-FM Radio Station – 1 Radio Plaza Road, Detroit, Michigan, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language, sexual situations, brief comic violence and some drug use
 
Year of Release
2005
 

 
Genre(s)
Romance
 
Keyword(s)
starring Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Keri Russell, Evan Rachel Wood, Erika Christensen, Alicia Witt, directed by Mike Binder, written by Mike Binder, Romance, R rating, box office performance, $18.8M gross USA, reviewed by Nell Minow, Derek Malcolm, Tim Robey, Peter Bradshaw, James Christopher, Anna Smith, Richard Propes, Micheal Compton, Megan Basham, Dorothy Woodend, produced by Jack Binder, Alex Gartner, Sammy Lee, New Line Cinema, Surround sound, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS, Scope (2.35:1) aspect ratio
 

Cast & Crew

Joan Allen

Terry Wolfmeyer

Kevin Costner

Denny Davies

Erika Christensen

Terry Wolfmeyer

Denny Davies

Andy Wolfmeyer

Lavender “Popey” Wolfmeyer

Emily Wolfmeyer

Joan Allen – Terry Wolfmeyer
Kevin Costner – Denny Davies
Erika Christensen – Andy Wolfmeyer
Evan Rachel Wood – Lavender “Popey” Wolfmeyer
Keri Russell – Emily Wolfmeyer
Alicia Witt – Hadley Wolfmeyer
Mike Binder – Director/Writer
Jack Binder – Producer
Alex Gartner – Producer
Sammy Lee – Producer

 

Mike Binder

Mike Binder

Jack Binder

Alex Gartner

Sammy Lee

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Mike Binder
 
Writer(s)
Mike Binder
 
Producer(s)
Jack Binder, Alex Gartner, Sammy Lee

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
5 wins & 13 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Nell Minow

Derek Malcolm

Tim Robey

Peter Bradshaw

James Christopher

Movie Mom

London Evening Standard

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Guardian

Times (UK)

THE UPSIDE OF ANGER
 All Critics (184) | Top Critics (51) | Fresh (137) | Rotten (47)
 February 18, 2012 | Rating: B+
 
 Nell Minow
 Movie Mom
 TOP CRITIC
 Very watchable.
 
 May 4, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Derek Malcolm
 London Evening Standard
 TOP CRITIC
 This is well worth investigating.
 
 May 4, 2007
 
 Tim Robey
 Daily Telegraph (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 Showy and door-slamming but very watchable.
 
 May 4, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Peter Bradshaw
 Guardian
 TOP CRITIC
 A superior suburban chick flick.
 
 May 4, 2007 | Rating: 4/5
 
 James Christopher
 Times (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 While beautifully cast and acted, this focuses on its comic strengths to the detriment of the drama, creating an unbalanced tone and leading to self-conscious attempts at serious observation. A pleasant watch, but nowhere near as profound as it thinks it
 
 May 4, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Anna Smith
 Film4
 TOP CRITIC
 An intelligent drama.
 
 September 26, 2020 | Rating: 3.0/4.0
 
 Richard Propes
 TheIndependentCritic.com
 The Upside of Anger is bright, funny, and a very touching film that features some quality performances.
 
 November 18, 2019
 
 Micheal Compton
 Bowling Green Daily News
 The Upside of Anger is truly something special.
 
 February 6, 2018
 
 Megan Basham
 National Review
 A late twist renders all this sturm und drang a tad redundant, but until then anger keeps it alive.
 
 August 24, 2017
 
 Dorothy Woodend
 The Tyee (British Columbia)
 Upside is better-than-average as a mid-budget suburban film dramedy but positively gangbusters if you imagine it as a two-hour television pilot.
 
 August 6, 2014 | Rating: B
 
 Nick Davis
 Nick’s Flick Picks
 The screwiness feels patterned and arbitrary. There’s little Upside here.
 
 May 15, 2012
 
 Brent Simon
 Shared Darkness…

 

Plot
A sharp-witted suburban wife, Terry Wolfmeyer, is left to raise her four headstrong daughters when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Things get even more hectic when she falls for her neighbor Denny, a once-great baseball star turned radio d.j. This leaves her daughters out on a limb. They are forced to juggle their mom’s romantic dilemmas as well as their own.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for “The Upside of Anger.”
 

 
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