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Helen Hawkins

Helen Hawkins's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Marty Supreme (2025) 93% 4/5 EDIT “The script is full of zingers, delivered with huge skill by Chalamet, a charismatic ball of energy from start to finish who convinces you he really could become a table tennis world champion off-screen...” – The Arts Desk Dec 30, 2025 Full Review Cover-Up (2025) 98% 5/5 EDIT “Anybody interested in the history of modern America needs to check out this documentary, though a strong stomach may be needed.” – The Arts Desk Dec 10, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% 4/5 EDIT “It’s a short and simple story, based on a fine 2011 novella by Denis Johnson, but it contains multitudes, all projected with an unforced authenticity and naturalness.” – The Arts Desk Nov 7, 2025 Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 90% 5/5 EDIT “Reichardt’s narrative stance is often gently comic, but also underpinned with a moral vision that understands the way of the world. ” – The Arts Desk Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% EDIT “Hikari keeps the pacing steady, throwing in some nifty twists in the final reel. He gets a genial performance from Fraser, a big lumbering presence here, but one with a gentleness and sweetness to it. ” – The Arts Desk Oct 20, 2025 Full Review Silent Friend (2025) 100% EDIT “...it’s a beautifully realised, gently teasing film, full of striking images and a mesmerising turn from Leung, that you ultimately understand is about the power of friendship and collaboration.” – The Arts Desk Oct 20, 2025 Full Review The Stranger (2025) 88% EDIT “This is fairly cerebral material, but Ozon rises to its challenges exceptionally well, creating a period piece with striking images and real heft.” – The Arts Desk Oct 20, 2025 Full Review Below the Clouds (2025) 94% EDIT “There is little that’s predictable or touristic in this portrait (no pizza!): it’s a haunting journey into the psyche of this resonant place.” – The Arts Desk Oct 20, 2025 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 5/5 EDIT “It's not a rerun of the 1998 financial crisis, with its mass layoffs, but Park’s film seems a timely reminder that no country's traditional industries are ever safe. ” – The Arts Desk Oct 20, 2025 Full Review It Was Just an Accident (2025) 97% EDIT “Panahi is an acute, angry observer of life in modern Iran for those who aren’t loyal to the regime, but he uses a soft pedal judiciously to project his subjects. ” – The Arts Desk Oct 15, 2025 Full Review Peter Hujar's Day (2025) 92% EDIT “It’s an apparently casual limning of a man's daily routine, but one whose cast list features the people who will create the cultural fabric of the time.” – The Arts Desk Oct 15, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% EDIT “This is an often engrossing, atmospheric film, its bright sunniness adding to its intensity, though its storytelling is sometimes elliptical, as if sections have been cut.” – The Arts Desk Oct 15, 2025 Full Review The Son and the Sea (2025) EDIT “A quietly poignant debut. ” – The Arts Desk Oct 15, 2025 Full Review Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% EDIT “t feels like a low-budget way, upgraded by its star casting, to make a movie that isn’t called on to do more than take quick potshots at its characters.” – The Arts Desk Oct 15, 2025 Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 75% EDIT “A muddled misfire. ” – The Arts Desk Oct 15, 2025 Full Review Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (2024) 91% 4/5 EDIT “This is an equally fine, sensitive rendering of Fuller’s story, with a miraculous performance by seven-year-old Lexi Venter at its heart.” – The Arts Desk Oct 3, 2025 Full Review Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) 91% 2/5 EDIT “This cosy insularity was probably predictable, and It may be what devoted fans want, but I didn’t believe a word of it.” – The Arts Desk Sep 15, 2025 Full Review Little Trouble Girls (2025) 98% 5/5 EDIT “...this debut feature from the Slovenian director Urska Djukic is a small miracle. Its 90 minutes deftly draw us into the psychology of pubescent teens in a fresh, often funny, always transporting way. ” – The Arts Desk Sep 3, 2025 Full Review Materialists (2025) 77% 3/5 EDIT “It’s a romcom that doesn’t want to be an obvious crowd pleaser and, when it suits, is more cynical than breezy.” – The Arts Desk Aug 13, 2025 Full Review Eight Postcards from Utopia (2024) 93% 3/5 EDIT “...there is a socio-political agenda to this compilation, turning it into a showcase for the excesses of unbridled capitalism, as well as a funny take on the advertising business itself.” – The Arts Desk Aug 11, 2025 Full Review The Other Way Around (2024) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Can a romcom be intellectually challenging while hitting all the sweet spots of the genre? Jonás Trueba...has confected something close to that.” – The Arts Desk Jul 11, 2025 Full Review Chicken Town (2025) 2/5 EDIT “...this is Fellows at half-speed, obliged to produce chunks of dialogue that need cutting or speeding up through snappier editing. There’s a sluggish, overly text-bound feel to the piece, when sight gags would work better. ” – The Arts Desk Jun 27, 2025 Full Review The Extraordinary Miss Flower (2025) 91% 2/5 EDIT “Geraldine’s most interesting facets...are left underexplored...There’s a big difference between people telling you something is amazing and experiencing that amazement for yourself. The film can’t bridge that gap, sadly.” – The Arts Desk May 2, 2025 Full Review April (2024) 95% 4/5 EDIT “This is a remarkable film, rich in its spareness, reminiscent at times of Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin though creating a cinematic language all of its own.” – The Arts Desk Apr 23, 2025 Full Review Mr. Burton (2025) 89% 3/5 EDIT “Although Mr Burton's style is conventional, it is so engagingly performed that its oversights seem less important than its achievements. ” – The Arts Desk Apr 7, 2025 Full Review
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