Robert Stinner
Robert Stinner's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Two Times João Liberada (2025)
“ ...mostly effective as a thought experiment, though one that is at least an inventive and generative one, raising pertinent questions about the complications of representing real lives in fictional mediums, within its own clever metafictional frame.” –
In Review Online
Apr 14, 2025
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The Friend (2024)
83%
“McGehee and Siegel ultimately fail to craft a compelling film: the tone too often veers toward flat sentimentality rather than emotional depth, and the additions made to pad out the relatively thin plot are clichéd and poorly integrated.” –
In Review Online
Apr 3, 2025
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The Parenting (2025)
48%
“While the broad comedic style of The Parenting won’t work for all audiences, others will likely find its proud goofiness refreshing in a time when feature-length comedies are consistently undervalued.” –
In Review Online
Apr 3, 2025
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Bring Them Down (2024)
90%
“Andrews seems to aim for a parable that critiques cycles of masculine violence, but the result is too thin in characterization and narrative development to read as anything more than a repetitive exercise in misery.” –
In Review Online
Feb 28, 2025
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I'm Still Here (2024)
97%
“Salles does not fall into the easy traps of indulging in false hope or undue despair when depicting injustice... he keeps his focus trained on the necessity of acting against state oppression, even when the fabric of one’s life is irreversibly rent.” –
In Review Online
Feb 7, 2025
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Vermiglio (2024)
93%
“By drawing the viewer in by degrees, Delpero effectively immerses them in a time and place, rendered with detail and care, that would otherwise remain remote.” –
In Review Online
Feb 7, 2025
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Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
56%
“Jenkins’ treatment of this story, though he cannot rescue it from middling songs and segments that read as obvious IP management, is alternately sweeping and meditative. ” –
In Review Online
Feb 7, 2025
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The Piano Lesson (2024)
88%
“Not every attempt to create cinema from Wilson’s stirring play is effective, but Washington’s generous direction of his actors and the uniform care displayed toward Wilson’s words ensure the film’s artistic value.” –
In Review Online
Feb 7, 2025
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Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes (2024)
88%
“Ferguson’s approach is accordingly dutiful, presenting the fundamental events of Bogart’s life from cradle to grave with diligence and at an audience-friendly brisk pace.” –
In Review Online
Feb 7, 2025
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