Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:
Slant Magazine film critic.
Favorites:
Vivre sa vie, Ikiru, Brief Encounter, Rabbit Moon, Lawrence of Arabia
Applause (2009)
89%
3/5
“Applause has moments of flourish and moments that reach towards something as pared down as Thea's play, but it ultimately can't match the candor Steen brings to the screen. Really, little can.” –
Boxoffice Magazine
Apr 7, 2016
Full Review
Obvious Child (2014)
90%
“If you see disregard or irresponsibility when you watch OBVIOUS CHILD, you're not looking hard enough.” –
Movies With Butter
Jun 5, 2014
Full Review
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
91%
“The sharp script makes ineffectual carnage pretty hilarious, with laughter due in part to the fact we've seen so much of Tom Cruise in BS battle mode there's something cathartic about watching him die on a loop.” –
Movies With Butter
Jun 4, 2014
Full Review
NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage (2014)
52%
“While NOW is an echo of Spacey's hubris and chicanery, it's also an object lesson on being in charge of your career. As such, it's a doc actors shouldn't miss.” –
Movies With Butter
May 6, 2014
Full Review
Chef (2014)
87%
“Lodged somewhere between Jimmy Kimmel's "Mean Tweets" segment and Ratatoulle, this family movie (with a few too many f-bombs) has become a high speed commercial success before it's even hit theaters and the way it's uncompromising will blindside you.” –
Movies With Butter
May 6, 2014
Full Review
Palo Alto (2013)
70%
“Gia Coppola has taken the hazy danger of the well-heeled teen into another era of whatever-glam.” –
Movies With Butter
May 6, 2014
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Fading Gigolo (2013)
54%
“Manhattan's economy is forcing one florist's head down-and Woody Allen figures that head might as well land in a soft place.” –
Movies With Butter
Apr 18, 2014
Full Review
Nymphomaniac: Volume I (2014)
76%
“Aims to prove you can't spell "meaningless" without M-E-N.” –
Movies With Butter
Mar 24, 2014
Full Review
Anita (2013)
82%
“Anita is not just a film about an activist who made a difference, it's a model of transforming struggle into a more meaningful future.” –
Movies With Butter
Mar 24, 2014
Full Review
No God, No Master (2012)
73%
“Strathairn delivers even canned lines like they're fresh from the vine, and Ray Wise, as one of two characters without an accent, is again brilliant at being the most duplicitous man you can't beat with common sense or a stick.” –
Movies With Butter
Feb 27, 2014
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The Nut Job (2014)
13%
“Like The Italian Job but terrible.” –
Movies With Butter
Jan 16, 2014
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August: Osage County (2013)
67%
“Would resemble a senior version of Valley of the Dolls if it had even a smidge of desiccated glamor (a la Sunset Boulevard) or really any justification for the addictions on display-but such moralizations are void here.” –
Movies With Butter
Dec 30, 2013
Full Review
Labor Day (2013)
34%
“The most impressively cultivated tension director Jason Reitman's made to date.” –
Movies With Butter
Dec 30, 2013
Full Review
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
79%
“A surprisingly apologetic celebration of Papa Walt and the herculean effort required to bring Mary Poppins to screen.” –
Movies With Butter
Dec 30, 2013
Full Review
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
79%
“Wolf of Wall Street is a cinematic amphetamine. It moves at break neck speed for almost three hours and after, you'll leave the theater wanting the gym.” –
Movies With Butter
Dec 26, 2013
Full Review
American Hustle (2013)
92%
“The most exciting thing about David O. Russell's operatic-comedy American Hustle is how every piece of it double plays us.” –
Movies With Butter
Dec 20, 2013
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Thor: The Dark World (2013)
67%
“Delightful.” –
Movies With Butter
Nov 11, 2013
Full Review
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
92%
“Dallas Buyer's Club doesn't want your love, it wants your respect and all the work's on the screen.” –
Movies With Butter
Oct 25, 2013
Full Review
All Is Lost (2013)
95%
“As an actor, Redford feels impenetrable which may be why it's easy to project yourself onto him, but the title, like the protagonist, stands like a dare to reverse fate.” –
Movies With Butter
Oct 21, 2013
Full Review
12 Years a Slave (2013)
95%
“A parable about the fragility of the middle class.” –
Movies With Butter
Oct 21, 2013
Full Review
Don Jon (2013)
80%
“Sexy, insightful and maybe a little twee, Don Jon is about to hit its demographic like a toy commercial on Saturday Morning.” –
Movies With Butter
Sep 25, 2013
Full Review
Prisoners (2013)
81%
“Gravity to spare and performances to talk about...worth a risk, even if you're prone to nightmares.” –
Movies With Butter
Sep 20, 2013
Full Review
Enough Said (2013)
95%
“The way Holofcener redeems tiny tragedies from the wastebasket and gives them a saltbath in sidelong humor is a gently heroic gesture.” –
Movies With Butter
Sep 19, 2013
Full Review
Parkland (2013)
51%
“Embracing ambiguity in a story of this magnitude is plain cowardly.” –
Movies With Butter
Sep 13, 2013
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Touchy Feely (2013)
41%
“Shelton's gift is her naturalism.” –
Movies With Butter
Sep 5, 2013
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