Daniel Gelb
Tomatometer-approved critic
Going in Style (2017)
47%
2/5
“Perhaps required a handshake agreement with Warner Bros. that [Braff] would be barred from including a Shins song on the soundtrack.” –
AllMovie
Apr 7, 2017
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Saban's Power Rangers (2017)
51%
1.5/5
“A hollow, two-hour blast of stifling backstory, product placement, and big-budget nonsense.” –
AllMovie
Mar 24, 2017
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Raw (2016)
93%
4/5
“A nimbly crafted bit of subversive horror.” –
AllMovie
Mar 10, 2017
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Before I Fall (2017)
64%
2.5/5
“It's refreshing, at least, to see a YA film that doesn't feel the need to hide behind a postapocalyptic conceit.” –
AllMovie
Mar 3, 2017
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The Great Wall (2016)
35%
2/5
“It's hard not to be cynical about this film.” –
AllMovie
Feb 16, 2017
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Rings (2017)
8%
2/5
“Gutiérrez and his team of writers tried to deepen the mythology of the Ring universe, but it's ultimately an exercise in futility.” –
AllMovie
Feb 3, 2017
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Live by Night (2016)
35%
2.5/5
“An overstuffed, paint-by-numbers gangster drama that does little to distinguish itself from the crowded mediocrity of its contemporaries.” –
AllMovie
Jan 13, 2017
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The Bye Bye Man (2017)
18%
1.5/5
“A sloppy, derivative collage of the worst studio-sanctioned genre trappings.” –
AllMovie
Jan 13, 2017
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Fences (2016)
92%
3/5
“It's a testament to the movie's soaring performances that they are able to elicit interest and evoke strong emotions despite Fences' aesthetic deficiencies.” –
AllMovie
Dec 28, 2016
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Paterson (2016)
96%
4/5
“A beautiful little paean to the trivialities and triumphs of everyday life.” –
AllMovie
Dec 28, 2016
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Collateral Beauty (2016)
14%
1/5
“Director David Frankel and his dishonorable scribe Allan Loeb have crafted this interminable, manipulative weepie under the guise of doling out some greater truth or beauty.” –
AllMovie
Dec 15, 2016
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Office Christmas Party (2016)
41%
2/5
“The directors get so wrapped up in their underwritten characters and slipshod finale that you'll almost forget this is supposed to be a Christmas movie.” –
AllMovie
Dec 9, 2016
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Jackie (2016)
88%
4.5/5
“Larraín pieces together the fabric of Jackie's character with striking command and unmistakable purpose.” –
AllMovie
Dec 1, 2016
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Bad Santa 2 (2016)
23%
1.5/5
“Plays out like a seventh-grader's mimicking of the original: chock-full of sex, booze, and four-letter insults, but stripped of any originality or subversive pluck.” –
AllMovie
Nov 22, 2016
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The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
94%
3.5/5
“By not belittling the melancholies of adolescence, and staying away from the twee trappings of the genre, Kelly Fremon Craig's debut rings true with authenticity.” –
AllMovie
Nov 17, 2016
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Arrival (2016)
94%
4.5/5
“A strikingly human film, one that's concerned much more with the feebleness of language and the fragility of time than with its mysterious extraterrestrial visitors.” –
AllMovie
Nov 11, 2016
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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
84%
2.5/5
“While [Gibson's] portrayal of Doss' heroism on the battlefield is moving and honorable, neither the tedious setup nor the ham-fisted delivery should get a free pass.” –
AllMovie
Nov 2, 2016
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Moonlight (2016)
98%
3.5/5
“Jenkins' emotionally resonant and ambitious approach to filmmaking allows the picture to outshine its shortcomings.” –
AllMovie
Oct 21, 2016
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Keeping Up With the Joneses (2016)
20%
3/5
“Harmlessly funny, albeit immediately forgettable.” –
AllMovie
Oct 20, 2016
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Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)
75%
3.5/5
“The gregarious Hart's presence is more than enough to fill the cavernous football stadium.” –
AllMovie
Oct 19, 2016
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American Honey (2016)
79%
4/5
“Alive with the splendor of youth and the wandering sense of freedom that so many other road movies have tried and failed to harness.” –
AllMovie
Sep 28, 2016
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The Disappointments Room (2016)
0%
1.5/5
“Caruso's completely unremarkable attempt at a psychological-horror flick is a mixed bag of clichs and loose ends.” –
AllMovie
Sep 9, 2016
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The Light Between Oceans (2016)
62%
2.5/5
“Its depictions of searing guilt amount to little more than tight close-ups of teary-eyed actors.” –
AllMovie
Sep 1, 2016
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Sausage Party (2016)
82%
3.5/5
“Unquestionably dumb and distasteful, but stakes its claim as the funniest film of the season.” –
AllMovie
Aug 11, 2016
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Nine Lives (2016)
14%
1/5
“Sadistic cinematic punishment. The folks at the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation have just been handed a masterpiece.” –
AllMovie
Aug 5, 2016
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