Ben Mankiewicz
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Biography:
At the Movies film critic.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
61%
3.4/10
“This still suffers from the same thing that they all suffer from... a deliberate undermining of their own actions scenes with very inappropriately dumb, funny, buddy movie jargon. ” –
What the Flick?!
Apr 21, 2025
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The Florida Project (2017)
96%
8.9/10
“What bothered me about this (and I ended up loving it) is that the kids are terrible.” –
What the Flick?!
Sep 26, 2018
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Tower (2016)
99%
9.5/10
“You feel like you were there that day from the perspectives of the principal players.” –
What the Flick?!
Sep 12, 2018
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Searching (2018)
92%
7.5/10
“There's no question now...[John Cho] is a great actor. Only a great actor could do what he is required to do in this movie and pull it off the way he does.” –
What the Flick?!
Aug 23, 2018
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Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
91%
8.1/10
“One of the great things that Crazy Rich Asians does is [show] you...the idea that Chinese people who continued to live in China or Singapore...have a very different view of Chinese people how grew up in America.” –
What the Flick?!
Aug 17, 2018
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
80%
4.9/10
“There are a number of smaller, more intimate numbers, and they are brutal.” –
What the Flick?!
Jul 19, 2018
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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
77%
6.8/10
“While this was very good and very dramatic at time...I sort of consistently felt like something was slightly, slightly off.” –
What the Flick?!
Jul 18, 2018
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Shock and Awe (2017)
28%
6.6/10
“There is a degree of outrage [in] the movie, but there is no passion in that outrage...the characters had it but the movie didn't.” –
What the Flick?!
Jul 13, 2018
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Three Identical Strangers (2018)
96%
9/10
“[Bobby, Eddy, and David] are so energetic, and they tell the story in such an engaging way.” –
What the Flick?!
Jun 29, 2018
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
62%
8/10
“I am fully charmed by Benicio del Toro.” –
What the Flick?!
Jun 29, 2018
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The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
32%
3.3/10
“It is inconsistent in almost every way that matters.” –
What the Flick?!
Jun 25, 2018
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The Hangover Part II (2011)
34%
“Think of it as a decent high school football player who suffers from having an older brother who was all-state two years earlier.” –
HuffPost
May 27, 2011
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The Ghost Writer (2010)
84%
B+
“It's a totally credible, briskly paced, suspenseful and particularly well-cast political thriller.” –
Turner Classic Movies Online
Feb 19, 2010
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Shutter Island (2010)
69%
B
“An adult, insightful, tense, complicated psychological thriller.” –
Turner Classic Movies Online
Feb 19, 2010
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District 9 (2009)
90%
“This is a great movie.” –
At the Movies
Aug 17, 2009
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Ponyo (2008)
91%
“I was, I'm afraid, a little lost at times.” –
At the Movies
Aug 17, 2009
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Bandslam (2009)
82%
“There is really just a lot to like here.” –
At the Movies
Aug 17, 2009
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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
89%
“This is a seriously provocative film.” –
At the Movies
Aug 17, 2009
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The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. (2009)
27%
“This was funny in the beginning, no question, but then it turned into I thought a sort of a very stale comedy.” –
At the Movies
Aug 17, 2009
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The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
38%
“I thought really very little in the film worked.” –
At the Movies
Aug 17, 2009
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Paper Heart (2009)
60%
“It felt completely inauthentic.” –
At the Movies
Aug 10, 2009
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A Perfect Getaway (2009)
62%
“I just don't think there was enough drama in the first two-thirds of this movie.” –
At the Movies
Aug 10, 2009
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Cold Souls (2009)
75%
“I found myself thinking about this movie for a long time after I got out of the theater.” –
At the Movies
Aug 10, 2009
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Winged Creatures (2008)
45%
“The film is quite literally fragmented. Too much story -- and too little about each character.” –
At the Movies
Aug 10, 2009
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Julie & Julia (2009)
77%
“If it weren't for the sheer brilliance of Streep and on-screen husband Stanley Tucci, this would be an easy skip.” –
At the Movies
Aug 10, 2009
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