Debbie Zhou
Tomatometer-approved critic
Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)
65%
2.5/5
“Ultimately, the film can’t shake off the weight of its unsmiling, earnest police protagonist.” –
Australian Book Review
Feb 8, 2024
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The Legend of Molly Johnson (2021)
79%
3/5
“It's Purcell's powerhouse performance that lends the film its punchier, gritty edge.” –
Guardian
Nov 8, 2021
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Nomadland (2020)
93%
“Zhao's sweeping ode to a forgotten America captures a universal poignancy that holds true in a waning, uncertain world.” –
The Saturday Paper (Australia)
Apr 29, 2021
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Dark Whispers - Volume 1 (2019)
83%
3/5
“When appreciated separately... there's distinctive artistry and promise in each chapter.” –
Guardian
Jan 25, 2021
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Mulan (2020)
71%
“Disney's transparent desire to capitalise on the Chinese market - with a faithfully unquestioning stance - explains the watered-down adaptation, which appeases more than it excites.” –
The Saturday Paper (Australia)
Sep 13, 2020
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Babyteeth (2019)
94%
4/5
“A lovely, achey coming-of-age story that bursts with rare respect for its characters while tragedy peeks in through the curtains.” –
Guardian
Jul 22, 2020
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The Farewell (2019)
97%
“The Farewell is a personal, compelling family dramedy, but the film goes beyond its premise and genre conventions - carefully unpacking questions about the division between cultural value systems and ways of thinking.” –
The Saturday Paper (Australia)
Dec 19, 2019
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Hustlers (2019)
88%
3.5/4
“Writer-director Lorene Scafaria confidently conjures up a high-end crime flick that's a joy to watch.” –
The Music
Dec 19, 2019
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1985 (2018)
96%
“...humbly pairs a desire for normalcy against a larger moment in history, with consequences that bleed into the personal.” –
Rough Cut
Apr 25, 2019
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Transit (2018)
94%
3.5/5
“What lies at the forefront of Transit is a delicately thorny, complex display of dislocation and ambiguity - Petzold deliberately holding the reins tight on this film that's imbued with impossible questions that go right down to the bones of humanity.” –
Rough Cut
Apr 12, 2019
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
95%
5/5
“This romance-drama melds a telling of America's racial injustices into a devastating and intricate craft of empathy.” –
Rough Cut
Feb 15, 2019
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Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
91%
4/5
“The wholehearted embrace of cultures is not the only reason why the film works. It succeeds just as much as a celebration of that as it does in returning the romantic-comedy back to its rightful crowning place, as a genre that can surprise and delight.” –
Impulse Gamer
Feb 14, 2019
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