Andy Klein
Tomatometer-approved critic
Publications:
Variety,
The Hollywood Reporter,
Christian Science Monitor,
New Times,
Salon.com,
Los Angeles CityBeat,
AV Club,
TheWrap,
Glendale News Press,
Pasadena Weekly,
TNT's Rough Cut,
Brand X,
Dallas Observer,
FilmWeek (LAist),
Los Angeles Reader
Sallywood (2024)
“It's quite lovable, and Sally Kirkland gives what I'd have to call an egoless performance. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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Meanwhile on Earth (2024)
81%
“It's very effective, quirky, and with an interesting lead performance. Sci-fi on a totally cerebral level. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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The Last Rifleman (2023)
69%
“A lovely, uplifting and sentimental film. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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Elevation (2024)
55%
“An effective thriller very much in the pattern of A Quiet Place. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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Small Things Like These (2024)
94%
“Cillian Murphy is so underplaying that I frankly wished he would just get on with it. I found this way too slow and close to soporific. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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The Piano Lesson (2024)
88%
“For the most part I thought it was very good with strong performances all throughout. Given the cast, it's not a big surprise. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
Full Review
Heretic (2024)
91%
“It's generally quite well-made. It had some leaps of faith at various points that I had trouble taking, but it's effective. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'État (2024)
97%
“Really interesting if perhaps overlong. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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The Gutter (2024)
75%
“Lovable, silly, dopey and totally enjoyable. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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Libre (2024)
60%
“An altogether polished film with an interesting subject. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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Juror #2 (2024)
93%
“This is a solid Clint Eastwood film with great issues of guilt and social responsibility without hammering you over the head with it. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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A Real Pain (2024)
96%
“[Kieran Culkin] is the whole show here. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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Blitz (2024)
81%
“This is a terrific film that about two-thirds through even gets Dickensian, which really hit me upside the head. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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Here (2024)
37%
“An interesting experiment that ended up having a totally uninteresting execution. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
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Art Dealers (2023)
“I barely consider this a film.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 3, 2024
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House of Spoils (2024)
40%
“It is exciting while it goes along, but that ending was so off-the-wall that I was left confused, frankly.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 3, 2024
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Haunted Heart (2024)
“It's quite suspenseful, but boy is it overlong.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 3, 2024
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All Shall Be Well (2024)
96%
“Boy, is it slow moving. I wanted this to speed up... It was so deliberate in its pacing I was having trouble staying focused on it.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 3, 2024
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Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
100%
“It's really quite nicely and sensitively done.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 3, 2024
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Amber Alert (2024)
63%
“I thought it was really tightly done except for at the end. ” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 3, 2024
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Sleep (2024)
95%
“What you see is the mental disability of the husband progressively destabilizing the wife -- and that's the really scary part.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 3, 2024
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Lee (2023)
67%
“I found it totally interesting, with great old age makeup on Winslet.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 3, 2024
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Megalopolis (2024)
45%
“It's all over the map, but because it's all over the map it's never boring.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Oct 9, 2024
Full Review
The Other Laurens (2023)
65%
“This was very disappointing. It has thematic elements that I'm always interested in... [But] it's frankly slow moving.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Sep 16, 2024
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The Secret Art of Human Flight (2023)
97%
“Very slow to get going, but once it does get going I liked it.” –
FilmWeek (LAist)
Sep 16, 2024
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